Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the delivery of a CD-ROM to 10 Downing Street. The disc contained the names of over 50,000 people who had signed individual declarations calling for a Cornish Assembly.

MK leader Cllr Dick Cole writes: “I am very proud to have authored the declaration and I am very proud that the campaign was initially launched by Mebyon Kernow, before it was broadened out through the cross-party Cornish Constitutional Convention to garner greater support from across the political spectrum.

“It was amazing that, within a period of about 18 months, more than 10% of the Cornish electorate backed devolution for Cornwall. And I will never forget how the campaign had such energy thanks to the leadership of Paddy McDonough who co-ordinated teams of petitioners that took to the streets, weekend after weekend, to sign up supporters.

“It remains one of the greatest disappointments of my political life that Westminster politicians ignored the declarations, but we must continue to work hard to build a better and stronger democracy in Cornwall through our own National Assembly or Parliament.”