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| Nationalist bid to force election | Nationalist bid to force election |
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| The SNP and Plaid Cymru have joined forces in an effort to try and force a general election. | The SNP and Plaid Cymru have joined forces in an effort to try and force a general election. |
| The two parties are to table a motion next week calling for the dissolution of Parliament. | The two parties are to table a motion next week calling for the dissolution of Parliament. |
| Gordon Brown has rejected calls by the Tories and Lib Dems for an election saying he wants to sort out the system. | Gordon Brown has rejected calls by the Tories and Lib Dems for an election saying he wants to sort out the system. |
| The motion comes two days before the European and English local elections and in the wake of a damaging series of revelations about MP expenses claims. | The motion comes two days before the European and English local elections and in the wake of a damaging series of revelations about MP expenses claims. |
| It will be the first time MPs will have a chance to formally express their support for an immediate election and could increase the pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to go to the country. | |
| Tory leader David Cameron has called for Mr Brown to hold an election in late July or early September to give voters a chance to get rid of MPs caught up in the expenses scandal. | |
| But Mr Brown is expected to hold on until next year. The latest date he can hold a poll is in June 2010. | |
| Asked at the weekend if there would be an early poll, Mr Brown said: "I think what people want is to clean up the system first." |