Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall would like to announce that it will be hosting a half-day Conference on Saturday 22nd July. The theme of the Conference is to explore what is next for the campaign to secure meaningful devolution for Cornwall. It will be an open meeting and it represents an opportunity for one and all to come together in support of a National Assembly or Cornish Parliament. It will take place at the Shire Hall Suite in Bodmin.…
I would like to start by thanking everyone who has signed up as a supporter of this motion. I am extremely pleased that backers have come from all groups on this authority, making it is a truly cross-party proposal. As the motion states, in 2014, the UK Government recognised the Cornish as a national minority and pledged that there would be parity with the other Celtic nations. This was a significant and wide-ranging commitment from the UK state. But this does…
At today’s meeting of Cornwall Council, Mebyon Kernow councillors Dick Cole and Loveday Jenkin proposed a motion seeking greater devolution for Cornwall. The motion argued that Cornwall merited parity with Wales and Scotland in terms of devolution and sought to “commence negotiations for a more meaningful devolution settlement similar to those enjoyed in the other Celtic parts of the UK (such as a National Assembly of Cornwall or Cornish Parliament).” The motion was lost by 38 votes to 36. Supporters included…
Following the announcement from the leader of Cornwall Council that her administration will not be pushing ahead with the proposal for a directly-elected mayor, Mebyon Kernow has called on all politicians in Cornwall to work together to secure meaningful devolution. The proposal for a mayor was linked to the Government’s so-called Level 3 “devolution deal,” which MK had criticised as “accommodations with local government” rather than real devolution as in Wales and Scotland. The leader of Cornwall Council has today confirmed…
Cornwall Council has just published the results of a ten-week public consultation into the so-called “devolution deal.” The leader of the unitary authority has confirmed that her Conservative administration intends to push ahead with a mayor for Cornwall, even though feedback (6,105 responses) from the public consultation showed 69% of people were against a mayor. The Conservative Cabinet is preferring to emphasise the results of a “representative survey” of around one thousand people – which had 65% of people in favour…
In its response to an upcoming parliamentary review into the health of minority languages across the UK, Mebyon Kernow has called for greater legislative protections for Cornish and meaningful investment into the language. In a wide-ranging document, MK has argued that the UK Government has consistently failed to meet its obligations to the Cornish language and the Cornish as detailed through the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. This inquiry…
