Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall today held a meeting in Truro to mark the coming tenth anniversary [Wednesday 24th April] of the Cornish being recognised as a “national minority,” when central government promised  that “the decision to recognise the unique identity of the Cornish, now affords them the same status … as the UK’s other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.” Party members and others present expressed their disappointment that the Westminster establishment had failed to…

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It is less than two weeks to the tenth anniversary of the recognition of the Cornish as a “national minority” by the UK Government and Mebyon Kernow will be holding an event on Saturday 20th April, at which party members will issue a challenge to central government to deliver on its promises from 2014. Speaking about the event, MK leader Cllr Dick Cole has said: “Recognition was a landmark decision with Westminster promising that the Cornish would be afforded the “same…

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Everyone in Mebyon Kernow is saddened to hear of the death of Ann Trevenen Jenkin, who was the last-surviving member of the twenty-strong group who met at the Oates Temperance Hotel in Redruth, on 6th January 1951, to found our party. She has also been MK’s Honorary President for the last two decades An absolute giant of the Cornish cultural scene, she was active within a large number of cultural and language groups, becoming the first female Grand Bard of Gorsedh…

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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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On 24th April 2024, it will be ten years since the Cornish were formally recognised as a “national minority” by the UK Government. This was a landmark decision with Westminster promising that the Cornish would be afforded the “same status” as the “UK’s other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.” Sadly, it has been disappointing that, during the last decade, central government has failed to meet so many of its obligations to the Cornish as set out in…

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