Cornish Lib Dem MP Dan Rogerson has introduced a billl to take power from Whitehall and unelected regional quangos and pass it to the new Cornwall Council. This would transform the new Council into an Assembly along the lines of that in Wales. Story here: MP Calls for more power to Cornwall | Dan Rogerson MP for North Cornwall
Mebyon Kernow comment here: Cornwall 24
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Pretty cool. From the rivers to the sea, Cornwall will be free.
This will be giving ideas to the fine people of the Kingdom (of Kerry).
What would worry me would be the status of our national parks...
15 Jan 2001 -- Fine Gael pledged to end fluoridation because of "serious health concerns".
To mark the release of a new document from the Cornish Constitutional Convention called -The Next Push (pdf)- here is an article on the all new OurKingdom blog: Next steps for the Cornish constitutional convention | openDemocracy
Equally you can find a blog post on the pro-Cornish parties in the UK and EU here: The Cornish Democrat: The Pro-Cornish Parties in the UK and beyond
If any other political party thinks it should be included then they should contact the Cornish Democrat.
As usual all constructive comment and criticism would be most welcome.
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Remember, the EU lives by the legacy of the Holy Roman Empire. Allowing any part of Mary's Dowry to go its own way is anathema.
Following my blog post above I received an interesting letter from a Solicitor and Cornish constitutional researcher that can be read here: The Cornish Democrat: The Next Push : updates
An extract:
Then there is the Duchy which has exercised the minds of eminent judges and the Government's Law Officers since 1600 and before. It has been called a "great mystery", a mode of descent "unknown to common law" a "peculiar title" and a "very singular constitution". In one case the courts decided "all the courts within the Dutchy are conferred upon the (Duke) as sovereign".
As you have mentioned Wales has successfully claimed difference based on language, culture and ethnicity but it cannot claim a parallel unique independent legal system, being home to a legislature of such great power or the rich history of the Duchy. There is no county within England that can claim the extraordinary complex legal history that Cornwall has. I could not imagine being a Research Student into the laws of Somerset of Berkshire, for example. A L Rowse once famously said Cornwall like Wales is not part of England. There is a real question mark in law over the constitutional status.
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