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Labour response to petition is disrespectful

30 September 2025 – Posted by News
Comment from Cllr Dick Cole – Leader of Mebyon Kernow

The online petition urging the “UK Government to formally recognize Cornwall as a nation … granting it equal status to Wales and Scotland” closed on 11 September and the mandarins at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have published their official response. It was emailed to all 24,011 individuals who backed the petition. I have spoken to a number of people who received the reply – which ignored the core demands of the ask – and my colleagues have…

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More than 21,550 back Cornish nationhood

1 September 2025 – Posted by News, Opinion

The online petition to grant Cornwall “nation status” has today passed the symbolic figure of 20,000 as featured in Trelawny. Placed online by Louis Richards, the petition calls on the UK Government “to formally recognize Cornwall as a nation, granting it equal status to Wales and Scotland. This includes devolved powers, cultural preservation, and official recognition of Cornwall’s distinct heritage, language, and historic autonomy.” Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition. If you haven’t yet – you still can.…

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European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

1 September 2025 – Posted by News, Opinion
Comment from Cllr Dick Cole – Leader of Mebyon Kernow

The political news-cycle throughout August was dominated by headline after headline about immigration, asylum seekers, “small boats,” migrants and the nature of accommodation for newcomers to the United Kingdom. Reform UK has been to the forefront of the arguments with the party announcing proposals to deport over 600,000 people within five years and also restrict who is even allowed to apply for asylum. The whole debate, and how public discourse has shifted so much in recent weeks, is something I find…

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National Minority Working Group

1 September 2025 – Posted by News, Press Release
Comment from Cllr Dick Cole – Leader of Mebyon Kernow

During the last term of Cornwall Council (2021-2025), I had the privilege of serving as the chairman of the Cornish National Minority Working Group. Established in 2015 following the recognition of the Cornish as a national minority though the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCPNM), it has played a leading role in efforts to advance the rights, visibility and cultural / political recognition of the Cornish and Cornwall. Over the last four years, some limited progress has been…

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Happy birthday to Plaid Cymru

6 August 2025 – Posted by News, Press Release

Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall would like to send its best wishes to Plaid Cymru on the 100th anniversary of their founding, on this day, in 1925. It is inspiring how Plaid has championed the best interests of Wales, its nationhood and culture, over the last 100 years. As one of Plaid’s sister parties, we are especially grateful at how many leading members of Plaid have been to Cornwall in show of inter-Celtic solidarity and spoken at MK events.…

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Newspapers back Cornish nationhood

6 August 2025 – Posted by News, Press Release

Local newspapers have also backed the campaign for greater recognition for Cornwall, with editorials in the Cornish Guardian, Cornishman and West Briton. An extract is as follows: “Cornwall’s a nation so why can’t that be acknowledged. “Cornwall was officially accorded National Minority status by the UK Government more than a decade ago. It has its own language, painstakingly preserved and revived; it has its own cultural patrimony, in its music, its literature, its legend and its land. It has its own…

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