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Wed 05 May 2004Harsh strategy could turn election into two-horse raceDUP campaign analysis: The DUP is determined to tackle Sinn Fein head on top the poll, but it is an approach that could backfire, writes Gerry Moriarty, Northern EditorMr Jim Allister certainly knows how to throw down the gauntlet, both to unionists and nationalists. What he wants to achieve in this European joust is very clear: to parade into Brussels after June 10th as the European Parliament poll topper in Northern Ireland.