On this St Piran’s Day, Mebyon Kernow has written to Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, calling for the new BBC Royal Charter to include commitments to a public sector media for Cornwall and broadcasting in the Cornish language. The consultation on the review into the BBC Royal Charter lasts until 10th March and comments can be submitted via the consultation page at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/britains-story-the-next-chapter-the-bbc-royal-charter-review-green-paper-and-public-consultation or emails can be sent to enquiries@dcms.gov.uk. Please join…

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Everyone at Mebyon Kernow is extremely saddened to learn that prominent Cornish-Australian Chris Dunkerley has passed away. Chris was active in the Cornish Association of South Australia and the Cornish Association of New South Wales, as well as the Celtic Council of Australia. He also learnt the Cornish language and was barded by proxy at Poldhu in 1988, and took the bardic name Kevrenor “builder of links.” In Australia, he worked in the public sector and was a Liberal activist with…

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The Cornish Language has been all over the news again, thanks to Tesco putting up Welsh language signage in their Helston store! It must be acknowledged that there are many similarities between Cornwall and Wales with our shared Celtic heritage, but I have no idea as to how the error could have happened. That said, it has provided another wonderful opportunity to publicise Cornish following the fantastic news that the UK Government had agreed that protection for the language to be…

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Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has responded to an ONS (Office for National Statistics) consultation relating to the 2031 Census, in which we have demanded a Cornish nationality tick-box. The representation was as follows: The Cornish and the 2031 Census National minority status On 24th April 2014, the Cornish were recognised as a national minority by the UK Government through the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCPNM). The Framework Convention is a significant…

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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is holding two consultations into the content of the 2031 census. These comprise one on topics for the next census and a second linked about ethnicity/nationality. Both consultations close on 4th February. The leadership team of Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall is working on submissions to the ONS, which will demand a Cornish tickbox on the 2031. MK leader Cllr Dick Cole has been at the heart of the “tickbox” campaign for many…

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The leader of Mebyon Kernow has called for the creation of a Cornish Police Force, following the UK Government announcement that they plan to cut the number of police forces serving Cornwall, England and Wales. Speaking at a Scrutiny Committee meeting in Truro, Cllr Dick Cole set out his opposition to Cornwall being lumped into a larger SW Constabulary and stated that, given the national minority status of the Cornish, it was important to push for a Cornish Police Force. The…

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