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Abieuan · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject: Kernow

Mebyon Kernow largest group on Camborne Council

Mebyon Kernow has won a by-election to secure a sixth seat on the Council and is now the largest group.

Mebyon Kernow 6
LibDems 5
Labour 5
Conservative 1
Independent 1

www.mebyonkernow.org

Leathlaobhair · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:34 am Post subject:

I can't remember if they have an MP. Regardless, I think that when Scotland gains independence the dominos will fall in other Celtic nations.
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Abieuan · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:05 pm Post subject:

No Mebyon Kernow MP's yet, Leathlaobhair, all six Cornish MP's are from the LiberalDemocratic Party.
Sadly, it is hard to envisage MK making a breakthrough in Westminster elections at the moment.
The main goal is devolution in the form of a Cornish Assembley. I belive this will be achieved and that it will be elected by some form of proportional representation like in the Scottish Parliament.
I'm sure MK would be well represented and have more support than the Labour or Conservative parties.
Winning over LibDem voters would the main task, as is winning over Labour voters for SNP and Plaid Cymru.

Abieuan · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject:

MK wins Camborne Town Council by-election

Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has strengthened its position as the largest group on Camborne Town Council after winning a further council seat in a by-election (Thursday 27th October).

This now means that Mebyon Kernow has seven councillors on Camborne Town Council. The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats both have five and there is a single Conservative.

Abieuan · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: Assembly petition

You can support the Campaign for a Cornish Assembly by signing the petition at http://www.PetitionOnLine.com/kernow2/petition.html

Abieuan · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject:

Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association

Abieuan · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject:

Ten things you didn't know about Cornwall

1.Cornwall is legally an extra territorial land from England and not an administrative county which it has illegally been for near on 400 years .

2. No record exists of any formal annexation of Cornwall to England.

3. Cornwall, like Wales, was not party to the Act of Union in 1707.

4. 90% of Cornish place names are of celtic origin and derived from the Cornish language.

5. Cornwall's right to its own sovereign Parliament, and the powers it pocesses under the Charter of Pardon were confirmed as valid in British law by the Lord Chancellor in 1977.

6. Cornwall is an older nation than England and one of the oldest Duchies in Europe.

7. There is no mention in the " Anglo-Saxon Chronicles " that Cornwall was ever conquered by the English .

8. Many treaty's and documents up until the 18th century made reference to there being a distinction between England and Cornubia ( Cornwall ) .

9. Henry VIII listed England and Cornwall separately, in the list of his realms given in his Coronation address.

10. Before the 1960's, there was little difference between Cornwall and Wales in constitutional terms.

Give yourself a mark out of ten and post your score.

SLG · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:46 am Post subject:

Abieuan · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

SLG, as i did not feel confident enough to reply myself, although i did think you were right, i have asked for clarification from Kernow:

Abieuan · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject: Cornish out of running for Games

From the BBC:

Abieuan · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject:

Rinty · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: f

Does cornwall have it's own independent sporting associations? If so it should have, this would be a pre-requisite for taking part in international competition.

UEFA and FIFA in football are merely associations of national associations. Scotland Wales England and Northern Ireland have separate football associations so all can join in, likewise San Marino who use italian currency are policed by Italy and have no professional football set up.

Are there any pro or semi-pro football teams in Cornwall?

Abieuan · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject:

Rinty · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: h

Blackleaf · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

Cornwall is just an English county, but I think the Scots should give the Shetlands back to Norway, or give them to England, because I think that's what most of the Shetlanders want. The Shetlanders don't like the Scots. They call Scotland "The land of bad grain and greedy ministers."

Blackleaf · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:45 pm Post subject:

Blackleaf · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject:

Rinty · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: y

SLG · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject:

I'd agree with that. The Shetlanders I know are all proud to be Shetlandic and Scots. Proud of their Norse heritage yes, but they would never claim to be Norwegian (or English for that matter).

Leathlaobhair · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

I always thought Cornwall was a duchy.

I've the belief that MK will rise. They've just got to spread the Cornish language and cultural awareness, and nationalism begins to build. From then on it's just a snowball, gathering speed & size.

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Those must have all been important to me once. What I am now grew from that. A former self is a fool, an insufferable ass, but he's still human, you'd no more turn him out than you'd turn out any kind of cripple, would you?
-Thomas Pynchon