The British National Party’s first two Euro-MPs are finding it increasingly hard to win friends and influence people in Europe.
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After one recent visit to the European Parliament’s Brussels headquarters searching for political bedfellows, Mr Griffin, MEP for the North West region, repaired to nearby O’Farrell’s bar, where he sat at a table outside to be served.Soon afterwards he was asked to leave. According to another drinker on the premises at the time: “He was sitting quietly outside, and then he was recognised and he was told he wasn’t welcome.”