Mebyon Kernow can confirm that Cllr Dick Cole will be standing down as Party Leader at MK’s National Conference in Truro on 24th October. Dick is presently the longest-serving leader of a political party in the United Kingdom. He was first elected MK Leader in 1997 and he has been the head of the Party for Cornwall for the last 29 years. Prior to this, he served as MK’s Press and Campaigns Officer for five years. This means that he has…
Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has responded to the “Tying the Knot: Reforming Wedding Law in England and Wales” consultation. The response was as follows: Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall welcomes the publication of the above consultation, which we understand follows the Law Commission’s 2022 report “Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law.” In particular, we welcome that the consultation document specifically references the use of languages “other than English or Welsh” and actually gives the…
Mebyon Kernow is pleased to announce that a key speaker at our upcoming National Conference on Saturday 24th October will be Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle. Lindsay is well-known as the victor of the 2025 by-election to represent the people of Caerphilly in Senedd Cymru. It was a contest that political pundits had predicted would be won by Reform UK. Earlier this year, he was re-elected to the Parliament for the Bleanau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni region following the introduction of a new…
Mebyon Kernow is pleased to confirm that it Councillor Matthew Read has been welcomed into its group on Callington Town Council. He is pictured (on the right) with fellow MK councillors Maria Coakley and Mark Smith. Alongside experienced Cornwall Councillor Andrew Long, they form a powerful and active group of four on the town council working for all the people of the local community. …
A few weeks back, there was considerable coverage of the amendment tabled by Reform UK to the Representation of the People Bill in the House of Commons, which would criminalise the use of the Cornish language on election materials. The amendment (NC107) stated that a “person shall not print or publish … any bill, placard, poster or printed document … unless the material is in the English language or the Welsh language.” It added that any person committing an “offence” in…
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that he had “asked No. 10 North to begin work with Cornwall Council and its six MPs on a devolution deal with or without an elected mayor,” the leader of MK has challenged the leadership of the unitary authority and Cornwall’s MPs to be ambitious in their demands for Cornwall. Cllr Dick Cole said: “Andy Burnham’s comments have been widely welcomed, though I am extremely nervous that the present government will not be offering a new…
