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County, Duchy, Nation or Country? The Case For Cornwall!

by Craig Weatherhill     Introduction FOR many decades, Cornwall has been the poor relation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  It vies with the west of…

What have Westminster and Cornwall’s UK MPs got against us, the Cornish?

It will be well known that Cornwall faces a threat to its ancient border and that a cross border Westminster Parliamentary Constituency, commonly known as ‘Devonwall’ is proposed, bringing together…

No to breaching our border for Parliament

Cornwall Council today voted overwhelmingly to support a proposal to lobby central government to amend the Parliamentary and Voting System Act 2011 to ensure that a cross-Tamar ‘Devonwall’ parliamentary seat…

The Cornish Are Revolting – Part 1: Uninvited Guests

by Chris Dunkerley – A somewhat tongue in cheek look at our kith & kin … or as that is middle English, better in Cornish, our ‘teylu ha hendasow’. You…

AV rejected but electoral and constitutional reform still needed

The UK wide referendum on the proposed introduction of an optional preferential Alternative Vote (AV) system last week resulted in a clear rejection of, in Deputy PM Nick Clegg’s pre-election…

[Celtic League: Kernow] Hunger Strike Protest Over Electoral Boundary Changes

Passionate Cornishman, Celtic League Secretary, and Radio broadcaster Michael Chappell has commenced a hunger strike in opposition to the Government’s Electoral Bill that would overturn Cornwall’s over 1,000 year border for UK Parliamentary representation for purist mathematical ‘equality’

[Celtic League: Kernow] Bardh Mur says ‘Na wrewgh tava agan ordir’ (Hands off our border)

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE CORNISH CONCERNS OVER BOUNDARY CHANGES “Na wrewgh tava agan ordir” (Hands off our border) was the unusually political message from the Grand Bard, Mick…

Rally to Keep Cornwall Whole!

A rally is planned to protest the Devonwall constituency.