As people across Cornwall and further afield celebrate St Piran’s Day, Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has issued a challenge to Westminster political parties and their parliamentary candidates. The challenge relates to the upcoming tenth anniversary of the Cornish being recognised as a national minority. In a statement issued today, MK Cllr Dick Cole said: “The recognition of the Cornish in 2014 was a landmark ruling and the UK Government made it clear that the Cornish would be afforded…

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The 5th March is an important part of the Cornish calendar and we hope that everyone will be doing something today to mark Cornwall’s national identity. Year on year, we are seeing a fantastic growth in the number of events staged to remember St Piran and it is great that our saint’s day has become such wonderful celebration of all things Cornish. It is something to be really proud of. But we think that it is also important that we work…

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