Today is the tenth anniversary of the recognition of the Cornish as a “national minority” through the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The UK Government made it clear that the Cornish would be afforded “the same status … as the UK’s other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.” But there has since been a decade of inaction and a manifest failure from the Westminster establishment to deliver on their promises from 2014. On St Piran’s…

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Great news. Mebyon Kernow has won the by-election for a seat on Camborne Town Council (Treswithian Ward). Donte Spillane, a local NHS worker, out-polled a single Conservative opponent. Well done to Donte and his team. This means that MK now has eight elected members on the town council – the most we have ever had on a local council. The result was as follows; Donte Spillane (MK) – 471 votes (58%) / Ben Salfield (Con) – 340 votes (42%) Three of…

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Mebyon Kernow is pleased to be able to report that councillor Zoe Fox was elected as the Mayor of Camborne at a meeting last week, following the recent resignation of the previous postholder. She has stepped from her position as Deputy Mayor. A long-standing member of the town council, she has been involved with a very large range of local bodies and has a very proud record of working really hard for Camborne and its people. Everyone at MK is delighted…

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Saturday 5th November marks twenty years since the Cornish language was recognised by the UK Government through Part II of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. Speaking to a meeting of MK’s National Executive at the time of the anniversary, language spokesperson Cllr Loveday Jenkin hit out at the UK Government for not doing enough to support Cornish. Cllr Jenkin said: “It is right that we celebrate the fantastic work done by so many people to promote the language.…

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