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As a national minority, the Cornish have a right to be recognised for what we are: the UK's fifth nation.
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"The Council of Europe clearly recognises the legality of Cornwall as a nation and that recognition is given to Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and they do have ministers."
Even the *Tory* leader recognises our national status. When’s Labour’s announcement?
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All six Cornish MPs have taken their parliamentary oaths in the national language, Cornish.
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Re-tweet this if you know that Cornwall isn't England. 〓〓
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Decolonise your town:
Penzance → Pennsans
St Ives → Porth Ia
Helston → Hellys
Camborne → Kammbronn
Redruth → Resrudh
Truro → Truru
Falmouth → Aberfala
St Austell → Sen Ostel
Newquay → Tewynblustri
Bodmin → Bosvena
Liskeard → Lyskerrys
Launceston → Lannstevan
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Bledhen Nowydh Da to everyone in the nation of Cornwall and beyond! 🎉
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Decolonise your town:
Penzance → Pennsans
St Ives → Porth Ia
Helston → Hellys
Camborne → Kammbronn
Redruth → Resrudh
Truro → Truru
Falmouth → Aberfala
St Austell → Sen Ostel
Newquay → Tewynblustri
Bodmin → Bosvena
Liskeard → Lyskerrys
Launceston → Lannstevan
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Nadelik Lowen to everyone across the Cornish nation and beyond! 🎄
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Nadelik Lowen to everyone in the nation of Cornwall and beyond! 🎄〓〓🎉
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Forced under the English crown 1,000 years ago.
Self-government forcibly abolished 500 years ago.
Leaders hanged for opposing English rule 400 years ago.
Language denied support and killed off 250 years ago.
Formally made a "county" 130 years ago.
*We're still not English.*
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Decolonise your town:
Penzance → Pennsans
St Ives → Porth Ia
Helston → Hellys
Camborne → Kammbronn
Redruth → Resrudh
Truro → Truru
Falmouth → Aberfala
St Austell → Sen Ostel
Newquay → Tewynblustri
Bodmin → Bosvena
Liskeard → Lyskerrys
Launceston → Lannstevan
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In just one day this tweet got half a million views, thousands of likes and overwhelmingly positive comments.
Who says the Cornish language is meaningless?!
When we are confident in our nationhood, the world takes notice.
All six Cornish MPs have taken their parliamentary oaths in the national language, Cornish.
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Cornwall is the poorest part of the UK. Meanwhile, we’re paying for HS2 (which has no benefit whatsoever for Cornwall), but our council is underfunded by millions of pounds, decimating our local services. 🤷♂️
Something stinks about the UK, and I don’t just mean the coast.
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Today is St Piran’s Day, Cornwall’s national day. Gool Peran Lowen!
Wishing everyone in the nation of Cornwall and lovers of all things Cornish a very Happy St Piran’s Day!
#StPiransDay
#GoolPeranLowen
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Happy St Piran's Day to everyone in the nation of Cornwall and beyond! Gool Peran Lowen! 〓〓
#StPiransDay
#GoolPeranLowen
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108,860 people wrote “Cornish” as their national identity in the census.
Not local identity, not regional identity, but NATIONAL identity. And there wasn’t even a tick box.
Cornwall is the UK’s fifth nation. It’s time the whole UK recognised us as such.
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Place names in Britain that begin with Tre
“By Tre, Pol and Pen, shall ye know the Cornishmen”
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While it’s good that Sky has noticed the calls for devolution, it’s annoying that every article about us in the London media is illustrated with a picture of a beach or tourists.
Cornwall is not a holiday park, it’s a nation where people live and work.
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This is cultural confidence. When will we have the confidence to use Bronn Wennili “hill of swallows”?
“Brown Willy” is a meaningless name created by English map makers who didn’t understand the Cornish being spoken to them. It’s time to use our Cornish name.
Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain, will now be referred to only by its Welsh name Yr Wyddfa by the park authority
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Happy St George's Day to everyone across the border in England.
It is the right of all nations to recognition and mutual respect. Each nation should have its own bank holiday.
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All six Cornish MPs and the leaders of every major party on Cornwall Council have signed a letter to Angela Rayner.
The letter calls for devolution to Cornwall based on our national status, without requiring a mayor or combining us with a part of England.
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I'm not against tourism. I'm against over-tourism.
I'm not against Cornwall having a tourism sector. I'm against Cornwall *only* having a tourism sector.
We are not a giant holiday park!
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This is about Welsh place names but it’s equally true for Cornwall. Removing Cornish names from our landscape is cultural genocide.
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In Wales, holiday lets must now be filled for 182 days a year in order to qualify for business rates.
This has meant some landlords being forced to rent out their properties full time to a local family.
An example of the good that can come from having devolution.
A retiree, who owns a seaside holiday let, says the introduction of the Welsh Government 182-day rule lets has ‘killed’ his business, forcing him to rent it out full time instead
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Nadelik Lowen to everyone in the nation of Cornwall and beyond! 🎄〓〓🎉
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Cornwall is a nation.
Saying Cornwall should be run from Plymouth is like saying Wales should be run from Birmingham.
We have a right to our own devolution, no matter our size or geography, because we are a nation.
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Wales is busy decolonising itself and reclaiming its own native placenames.
Perhaps it's time to rename the ridiculous and meaningless "Brown Willy", imposed by English map makers, in favour of our historic and native name Bronn Wennili.
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A map of Cornwall and its neighbours, according to Cornish people...
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The UK is stronger when all of its constituent nations are given basic recognition and equality.
#RecogniseCornwall
http://t.co/W3rkb7Xg2P
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Happy St Piran's Day to everyone in the nation of Cornwall and beyond! Gool Peran Lowen! 〓〓
#StPiransDay
#GoolPeranLowen
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Our own Parliament was abolished, we were taxed to the hilt for rebelling, our language was killed off, the heir to the throne steals our money, our identity continues to be denied... oh, and we're the poorest part of the UK.
Seriously, what has England ever done for Cornwall?
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Norway has already banned retreating to second homes. Greece is now banning non-residents from travelling to Greek islands.
When will the UK govt ban staying in second homes?
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Is Cornwall a nation with a right to recognition and devolution? 〓〓
Yes Yes Yes
👇 👇 👇
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What’s it called when one nationality buys up all the houses in an area which is the homeland of a poorer nationality, forcing that poorer nationality to leave their own nation?
Isn’t there a word for that?
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If this was happening in any other country, the UK would call it ethnic cleansing.
The Cornish are a national minority. We have a right to live here and not be pushed out of our own nation.
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It's as if the Cornish have no rights to live in Cornwall. We're completely at the mercy of a property market that's skewed against us and second home owners that try to drive us out. When do we say enough?
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Scottish people are not English.
Welsh people are not English.
Irish people are not English.
Cornish people are not English.
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Rename Brown Willy too. It's a meaningless name, a crude corruption of its meaningful Cornish name Bronn Wenneli, imposed by ignorant English map makers.
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Second home owners,
No you don't keep the local economy afloat.
No you don't employ teams of local builders and cleaners.
No the victims aren't to blame for having no choice but to sell to you.
It's all on you. Your greed is pushing out local families and killing communities.
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Some people say Cornwall is too small to have a Parliament. 🤨
But we HAD one. This is what's left of Duchy Palace in Lostwithiel, site of the Cornish Stannary Parliament.
Under the Charter of Pardon 1508, it had the power to veto Westminster legislation.
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The Cornish are a national minority with a right to our own devolution. We had a Parliament before and we'll have one again.
The image shows Duchy Palace in Lostwithiel, site of the Cornish Stannary Parliament which last met in 1753. It had the power to veto Westminster laws.
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MISSING: The following people have not been seen or heard from for 48 hours:
Sheryll Murray
Scott Mann
Steve Double
George Eustice
Cherilyn Mackrory
If you have any information as to their whereabouts, please contact their constituents, who are becoming increasingly concerned.
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Cornwall used to have its own Parliament, which had the power to make laws and could veto Westminster legislation. It last met in 1753.
As a national minority, the Cornish have a right to decide our own affairs. We must have devolution as the UK's fifth nation.
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Cornwall will host the G7 this summer.
Get ready for massive disruption on the roads, locals ordered to stay away, London journalists treating Cornwall like a giant holiday park, and that £50 million going straight to the Tories' mates.
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It's amazing how many people in England are still totally ignorant about Cornwall.
We're a national minority and we have our own culture, language, history and national day. We had our own Parliament and one day we will have it again.
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Breton is the closest language to Cornish, and many words are similar. The French government is refusing to support it, so the people of Brittany took to the streets. Cornwall will always stand by our Breton cousins!
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In Cornish, the English Channel is called "an Mor Bretennek", or "the British Sea".
Cornwall and Brittany have deep cultural and historical ties, as for most of their history, travelling by sea was quicker than travelling by land.
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Retweet/like if you think
@CornwallCouncil
should require all new developments in Cornwall to have Cornish street names
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The selfishness of people from Tiers 3 and 4 illegally coming to Cornwall is causing businesses here to close for fear of the trouble they cause.
Nobody is entitled to come here; we don't owe you anything. If you're in Tier 3 or 4, stay away.
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Place names are a link to our past. If people buy a house and change its name from something historic like "Trewartha" or "Porthallow" to something meaningless like "Happy Farm" or "The Foyles", this is a form of cultural cleansing and cannot be allowed.
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Dear English agitators,
You may be ignorant of Cornish national minority status, but it doesn’t change anything. We’re not responsible for your ignorance.
We are a nation, and we have the same rights as any nation. And you have no right to deny us that or tell us who we are.
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71%.
This is a clearance. A national minority is being cleared to make way for England’s rich.
If this was happening in any other country, British politicians and media would be expressing its concern and outrage.
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Venice has banned cruise ships. Amsterdam has banned stag dos. Meanwhile in Cornwall we can’t even have a grown-up discussion about a 50p tourist tax.
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Cornwall isn't a county.
It's a nation being treated like a county!
RT if you agree!
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Here’s the affirmation in Cornish:
My a dheklar hag afydhya yn solem, yn lel hag yn hwir, dell vedhav len ha perthi omrians gwir dhe Y Vraster an Myghtern Charles, y heryon ha sewyoryon, herwydh an lagha.
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Bronn Wenneli is Cornwall’s highest peak, at 420 metres above sea level.
Its name comes from the Cornish language and means “Hill of Swallows”. It was recorded as Brunwenely in 1239 and Brounwenyly in 1401.
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Interesting how Toronto City Hall flies our flag on St Piran's Day but 10 Downing Street does not.
Happy
#StPiransDay
! Covid may have stopped the usual celebrations in Toronto, but City Hall is still flying the flag!
#Kernow
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The Tories have cut all funding to the Royal Cornwall Museum and they are now faced with imminent closure.
This is absolutely appalling from a party that do not understand the value it has to Cornwall, our heritage and our culture.
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The 'wall' in the English name 'Cornwall' comes from Anglo-Saxon 'wealas', which means 'foreigner'.
It's the same root used in the name 'Wales'.
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This week in Cornwall:
- Lib Dem MPs call for Cornwall to get own devolution
- Council leader calls for Cornwall Minister and more devolution
- Five party leaders call for Cornwall membership on Council of Regions and Nations
- Mebyon Kernow calls for Cornish Devolution Bill
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Leaders of the Celtic nations, including Cornwall’s Linda Taylor, are meeting in Brittany today for the first Celtic Forum, or as it should be called, the C7
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The Council is calling for equal protection for Cornish, the same as Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish currently have.
Since Labour is likely to be in power soon, it’d be good to hear what their leadership think about this. Don’t hold your breath though…
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For anyone who needs to be reminded:
The Cornish were recognised as a national minority by the UK government in 2014.
We’re not English. That’s not an opinion, it’s a recognised fact!
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We need to follow New Zealand, Australia and Taiwan:
- Borders closed to non-essential travel and non-residents
- No entry to UK without prior negative Covid test
- Mandatory airport testing and 14 day hotel quarantine
Why are we not doing this?
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Cornish remains the only national minority language in the UK without legal protection.
It’s time for a Cornish Language Act.
📜 We’re introducing the Scottish Languages Bill to legally recognise Gaelic and Scots and to protect minority languages within our communities.
🏴 The Gaelic and Scots languages are an important part of Scotland’s past, present and future.
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The only part of England in Tier 1... is the Isle of Wight.
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I don’t remember a St Piran’s Day message from the PM.
As a national minority, the Cornish have a right to be treated the same as the Welsh, Scottish, Irish and English, and for our culture to be given equal respect and consideration.
Perfect way to start the day.
Happy St George’s Day! 🏴
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“Why India can’t survive without the Empire”
“Why Ireland can’t survive without the British”
“Why Scotland can’t survive without English money”
It’s always the same story with these arrogant, entitled, ignorant, patronising, imperialistic morons.
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Cornwall comes with the Cornish. We’re a nation and it’s our home. So unless you’re into genocide, either find a way to treat us with respect, or go somewhere else.
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Devolution has given Wales the power to ban people coming from high-risk areas.
Cornwall could do the same, if we had our Parliament back. We're a national minority with the right to our own devolution.
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As a national minority, the Cornish have a right to our own devolution.
We’ve had extensive powers before. The Stannary Parliament last met in 1753 and had power to veto Westminster legislation.
A devolved Cornish Parliament will be a return to the rightful state of affairs.
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Ten years after Government recognition as a national minority, the Cornish are still treated differently to other UK nations.
It’s time for this discrimination to end. We have the same rights as other nations.
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A national minority needs its own media. It cannot be represented from outside by those who do not care or understand.
The same
@BBCSpotlight
responded to Council of Europe criticism of Cornish oppression with a jaunty vox pop asking afternoon beach-goers if they felt oppressed!
Found the BBC Spotlight piece on the request for a Minister for Cornwall cynical and dismissive. The issue of empowering Cornwall and the Cornish - a recognised national minority - transcend party politics and, indeed, carries cross-party support at Cornwall Council.
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The British Museum is one of the world’s largest collections of goods stolen from other nations, including artefacts from thousands of years of Cornish history.
It’s time for Cornish treasures to be returned to Cornwall.
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Interesting use of 🏴 flag here.
For the uninitiated, King Arthur fought against the Saxons. Oh and the Cornish are a national minority which means England doesn't get to appropriate our heritage.
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We're a national minority, equal to the Welsh and the Scots.
But while they have devolution, the Cornish are the only UK national minority to be entirely ruled from afar.
The only national minority without any say over our own affairs.
This discrimination cannot last forever!
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Learn Cornish. Put Cornish signs everywhere. Speak Cornish in the street.
Make Cornwall more “forrin” and then they won’t want to live here.
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Some people say Cornwall is too small to have a Parliament. 🤨
But we HAD one. This is what's left of Duchy Palace in Lostwithiel, site of the Cornish Stannary Parliament.
Under the Charter of Pardon 1508, it had the power to veto Westminster legislation.
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And the oath:
My a de re Dhuw ollgallosek dell vedhav len ha perthi omrians gwir dhe Y Vraster an Myghtern Charles, y heryon ha sewyoryon, herwydh an lagha. Duw re'm gweresso.
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🚨Cornwall Council leader calls for the creation of a Minister for Cornwall
As a national minority, we have the same rights to recognition and inclusion as Wales and Scotland.
A Minister for Cornwall will ensure that Cornish national minority status is respected in Government.
The leader of Cornwall Council and the chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Economic Forum have written to the new Prime Minister calling for the appointment of a Minister for Cornwall. You can read the full letter 👉
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As a national minority we have a right to control our own policies.
No more second homes until every Cornish person has a first home.
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Going to Cornwall is not a staycation, it’s a holiday in another nation
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We’re already paying the highest water rates in the UK, now you want us to shower less so there’s more water for tourists?
But we can’t have a tourist tax so they can help pay for services they use?
The Cornish - second class citizens in our own nation.
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Some say Cornwall is too small for devolution.
But we HAD our own Parliament and laws before. Our Stannary Parliament had the power to veto Westminster legislation, and it last met in 1753. Its origins go back to the Kingdom of Cornwall, and its rights still exist in UK law.
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When 500,000 swells to 3 million, our one hospital doesn't become six.
When 'Visit Cornwall' and property developers encourage swarms to head our way, why not share this photograph taken at Cornwall's Treliske Hospital yesterday?
Photo courtesy of Cornish News
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Lead from the front
@CornwallCouncil
:
- Universal bilingual logo with Cornish first
- HQ only one name, Lys Kernow
- Rename Brown Willy to Bronn Wenneli
〓〓 We're calling on the Government to give Cornish the same recognition and protection as Irish, Scottish and Welsh languages.
The call comes on the 10th anniversary of Cornish being recognised as a national minority.
More on this ➡️
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Cornwall takes its place among fellow nations at the first Celtic Forum
A busy first day here in Brittany for the
#CelticForum
.
A good opportunity to explore the deep historic roots that bind Celtic countries together and discuss how we can work together on common issues and opportunities.
Merci - diolch am y croeso 🏴
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Having been relatively spared until now, cases in Cornwall are now skyrocketing.
Funny how it's right after Londoners and others in Tier 4 illegally and selfishly escaped to Cornwall🤬
If anything proves the need for a Cornish Assembly with power to close our border it's this.
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Seeing lots of victim blaming. The Cornish do not live in a parallel universe where capitalism doesn't apply. If people don't sell for as much as possible they couldn't afford their next house. The blame lies with MPs, who refuse to regulate second homes and deny us devolution.
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What makes Cornwall a nation?
Cornwall Council has published a report to help Governments and others understand their obligations to the Cornish and Cornwall, and what still needs to be done for us to achieve equality with other UK nations.
Read it here:
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Cornwall has 36,000 empty homes and a housing crisis. We need devolution to enact policies which can disincentivise second homes:
- Introduce residency requirements for house purchases
- Second homes require planning permission
- Second homes subject to 300% council tax
And more for the Lib Dems (and Labour and Tories) to ignore
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A letter in yesterday’s Mirror. Tarquin and Chlamydia must be furious
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If you find buried treasure in the UK, a relevant museum has the right to buy it; if nobody does, it’s yours to keep.
Except in Cornwall. Here, your find automatically becomes Prince William’s property.
Just one of the Duchy’s many disturbing powers.
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