Unless Cornwall discovered its own oil/alternative power Cornwall would be an impoverished Nation probably akin to somewhere like Portugal. Examples of well off  states without a power resource can be found , such as Luxembourg and maybe Switzerland, however they have an established history of  banking ,finance and commerce to buoy thier economies. So nationhood would come at a real cost to the standard of living.

As Young Cornwall says there really is a question mark over who the residents of Cornwal deem themselves to be. With incomers having arrived here in droves since 18c, with the tin mining boom, continuing to day with retirees. The average man on the street accepts he lives in an English county  even though some of them could  be  highly celtic  in the dna stakes.  For devolvement to work surely you need the majority to support that move {and to the average person it is not high on thier list of things to have done} Put simply , you can have all the evidence in the world that Cornwall is constitutionally seperate but if the people prefer the current English regime  then no change will take place.

Leading on from that you would need to persuade people that devolvement would be advantagous and if we look at Scotland and Wales it would appear, to me at least, that all they have done is created further beauracracy with very little benefit.

Lastly I 'd have to question weather those who would most desire devolvement are sophisticated enough to actually make it work. Reading this forum you quickly come to realise that the 'Cornish movement' seem to have the vision of a welders dog  when it comes to matters of commerce and even more so on tourism which is currently the main stay of the county

We have all this bollocks in Cornwall. Some people moaning year in year out – they want a pariliament they want this and that.

When it comes to action or making a firm decision they are not big on it.

Why should I as a law abiding Englishman with a grandfather of Cornish decent, why should I be treated any less? Then there's people moaning about English blow ins then talking about racism LOL

GrahamHart said:

With regard to the last three posts : You are trying to move away from recognition in a very troll like manner.

YC. You can't ask the people what they want unless they are aware of ALL he facts, which to date have been witheld.

Buccaboo – Recognition before we can get anything else, understand ? Your comment re a welders dog is insulting and shows your ignorance on what is happening.

What's happening ? Plenty.

Jezza – Get a life, pathetic little troll that you are.

Here! Here!  Graham Hart!

Bucca Boo said..quote" The average man on the street accepts he lives in an English county  even though some of them could  be  highly celtic  in the dna stakes.  For devolvement to work surely you need the majority to support that move {and to the average person it is not high on thier list of things to have done} Put simply , you can have all the evidence in the world that Cornwall is constitutionally seperate but if the people prefer the current English regime  then no change will take place.

Unquote…..thats beause that average man on the street you mention Bucca Boo who you say accepts that he lives in an English County,and prefers the English regime, is probably Just that, English and not Cornish! and anti Cornish at that,, ask a proud born and bred Cornishman/woman if he/she lives in an English County I'd bet 9 times out of ten you would get the exact opposite answer!!    Cornish not English…

Kernow Bys Vyken!!

The first step should be sorting out regional governance in England. England needs regional devolution as it's far too big to be a devolved area in itself – an English Parliament would be pointless as it'd just be the UK without the Celtic bits. Devolution in England needs to be to regions that people identify with, not artificial ones imposed from above, and not ones that cross huge economic divides as in the case of Cornwall and the rest of the South West England region.

I would like to see a special Cornwall county-region, a bit like city-states seen around the world (plus the UK already has one city-region, London). There is also a precedent of an EU state having regions of varying population and area, e.g. Germany. The regions could then work in a way similar to Spain's autonomous communities, in that each region can have varying degrees of autonomy depending on its needs. That would give Cornwall greater control over its economy and development, and action regarding Cornish culture, language, etc can be made in Cornwall instead of London.

Cornwall would then have a level of autonomy that enables it to make decisions regarding its constitutional status.