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Policing in Cornwall may be even more from ‘up country’

Posted on 15 July 2011 | 2 Comments
In a ConDem government move than would further distance policing of Cornwall from the community of the Duchy, the UK Government’s so-called Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill is at the 3rd reading, due by the House of Lords for next Tuesday, 19/07/2011 The Bill...
AV rejected but electoral and constitutional reform still needed

Posted on 12 May 2011 | 1 Comment
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 terms, “a miserable little compromise” to the hoped for proportional representation system. It however cannot...
Stephen Richardson: Not So Delectable Duchy…

Posted on 31 January 2011 | 1 Comment
The Duchy of Cornwall was created in 1337 by a Royal Charter of Edward III. The Charter confirmed the status of Cornwall as being extra-territorial to England. Today there is much controversy about the importance of the Duchy. Is it just a ‘quirk’ of ancient history that has no purpose other than the purely ceremonial or is it the constitutional and legal basis of a Cornwall independent of England? Read more