25 years ago today, the first elections to the National Assembly for Wales (now Senedd Cymru) and the Scottish Parliament were held. The campaign for a Cornish Parliament continues. Mebyon Kernow believes that the historic nation of Cornwall, with its own identity, language and heritage, has the same right to self-determination as other nations such as Scotland and Wales. MK members believe that the people of Cornwall should have more say in how their lives are run and that politicians elected…

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At the last meeting of MK’s National Executive, party representatives expressed solidarity with all those striving to protect working people and ensure that their working conditions are safe and secure. In particular, they gave full support to International Workers’ Day on 1st May, which developed out of the campaign for an eight-hour working day, and also International Workers’ Memorial Day (28th April), which remembers all people who lost their lives to workplace illness or injury. Globally, the International Labour Organisation has…

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Mebyon Kernow would like to thank all MPs who have signed Ben Lake’s Early Day Motion in the House of Commons, which marks the 10th anniversary of the Cornish securing national minority status. The 13 MPs are as follows: Ben Lake, Liz Saville-Roberts and Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) Deidre Brock, Dave Doogan, Allan Dorans, Anne McLaughlin, Gavin Newlands and Richard Thomson (SNP) Mary Kelly Foy (Labour) Jonathan Edwards and Angus MacNeil (Independents) Jim Shannon (DUP) The motion notes the importance of…

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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. The official government press release stated that “the decision to recognise the unique identity of the Cornish, now affords them the same status … as the UK’s other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.” On 20th April 2024, MK published a public challenge to central government, MPs, would-be MPs…

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The statement launched by Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall at today’s “national minority” event has also been published in Cornish. The full version is as follows: Res yw gre minoryta rag an Gernowyon styr parder gans “Albanyon, Kembryon hag Iwerdhonyon.” 2024 a verk an degves penn-bloodh a’n Governans RU owth aswon Kernowyon avel minoryta kenedhlek dres Akord Framweyth Konsel Europa rag Gwitha Minorytys Kenedhlek. Hemm o pols bras rag agan kenedhel awos bos an Akord Framweyth kevambos keswlasek meur…

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Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall today held a meeting in Truro to mark the coming tenth anniversary [Wednesday 24th April] of the Cornish being recognised as a “national minority,” when central government promised  that “the decision to recognise the unique identity of the Cornish, now affords them the same status … as the UK’s other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.” Party members and others present expressed their disappointment that the Westminster establishment had failed to…

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