Press Release

MK concern at planned Newquay protest

15 February 2023 – Posted by News, Press Release

Cllr Michael Bunney has spoken out against the planned protest against asylum seekers in Newquay and stressed that Cornwall’s long history of reaching out to support those in need. Cllr Bunney, who is Chairman of MK’s St Austell and Newquay Constituency Party, said “Cornwall has always helped the vulnerable, from Belgian refugees in the First World War, to Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust. It is racists and hateful far-right activists who are not welcome. Our communities have always been diverse, and…

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MK response to “devolution deal” consultation

15 February 2023 – Posted by News, Press Release

Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has submitted its formal response to the Cornwall Council consultation on the so-called “devolution deal.” It is as follows The proposed “deal” is not a devolution deal at all, but a range of possible accommodations between central government and Cornwall’s unitary authority. The “deal” does not include the transfer of far-reaching powers from Westminster to Cornwall, as has happened in Wales and Scotland since 1999. Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall calls on…

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BBC Politics South West

12 February 2023 – Posted by Campaign, Press Release

The leader of Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall, Cllr Dick Cole, was one of the guests on this morning’s episode of the BBC Politics South West programme. The main item for discussion was the so-called “devolution deal” for Cornwall and Cllr Cole strongly made the argument that Cornwall needs proper devolution like Wales and Scotland – not tweaks to local government. He also challenged the Conservative administration on the unitary authority to use their political influence to persuade the…

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Devolution debate at Penryn campus

8 February 2023 – Posted by Campaign, Press Release

The leader of Mebyon Kernow, Cllr Dick Cole, was among the participants at a seminar about the so-called “devolution deal” recently agreed between central government and Cornwall’s unitary authority. The event took place at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus on Monday 6th February. There were presentations from Conservative councillor Louis Gardner, campaigner for a Cornish Assembly Stephen Horscroft, Roger Lawrence (former leader of City of Wolverhampton Council and former member of the West Midlands Combined Authority), Professor Andy Pike (Centre…

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MK briefing on “devolution deal”

27 January 2023 – Posted by News, Press Release

MK’s National Executive and elected councillors have produced the following briefing on the so-called “devolution deal” for Cornwall. We are desperately disappointed at the content of the “devolution deal” published on 2nd December 2022. It does not include the transfer of far-reaching powers from Westminster to Cornwall as has happened in Wales and Scotland since 1999. The deal is simply a range of accommodations between central government and Cornwall’s unitary authority. The consultation from the administration in Truro claims that “it’s…

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On this day in 2001: 50,000 for home rule

12 December 2022 – Posted by News, Press Release

Twenty-one years ago today, a delegation from Cornwall visited 10 Downing Street to deliver the list of names (on a CD) of the 50,000 people who had signed declarations in support of a Cornish Assembly. The delegation included MK leader Cllr Dick Cole and leading figures from the Cornish Constitutional Convention. Looking back to the declaration campaign, Cllr Dick Cole said: “It was an immense statement that 50,000 people signed individual declarations seeking greater powers for Cornwall, and it remains a…

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