Oh Angof you naughty rascal. You know full well all the above EXCEPT Cornwall are universally accepted as Countries, but that Cornwall's status is disputed! :wink:
My the fishing is good around here today! I knew full well what Katell meant and I also know the facts as angogbrew has stated so I was being somewhat facetious. However people do say things when asked about their favourite places in the country "Oh I love the Highlands or Pembrokeshire is lovely or Sark is peaceful and quiet". They don't stop to actually think what State, they actually automatically think of Britain as a whole. It may be factually wrong but sometimes one can be too pedantic.
Well now, we have it from Sir George Harrison (not a Beatle, but Attorney General to the Duchy 1855-59) Cornwall is a Palatine Duchy.
We have it from Lord Elwyn Jones (Lord Cghancellor) 1977 - Cornwall's right to its own parliament with powers of veto over acts and statutes of Westminster confirmed as still fully valid at law.
And Lord Kilbrandon 1972 - Cornwall to be referred to as a Duchy not a county. He also raised the point about the legality "county" status being foisted upon us in the late 1880s (1889 if my memory serves me well) being arguable.
For me, no doubt at all - small as we may be - NATION
Right...I've had a look at what a Duchy palatine is... and understand. Apparently, though Cornwall's status in this respect is STILL questioned. Sir George's opinion seems not to have been binding! http://www.answers.com/topic/county-palatine
I hear what you say, but BELIEVING something to be so, and STATING that something is so, does not necessarily MAKE it so.
Honestly, I know you chaps and chappesses are intense about this, but isn't there some way the status of Cornwall could be pursued through the courts?
Watch this sp[ace, Coady. A case has been accepted by the European Court which, if successful, will make a hell of a difference. At present, I can't give much more detail than that.
Good, it would be great if the whole mess could be sorted out!
I wonder though, as some with the most deeply entrenched views on Cornwall almost automatically reject any past decisions of the English Establishment, will they embrace the findings of a European Court if it goes against what they hold dear?
I am undecided on it all at the moment. I already FEEL that Cornwall is a 'separate place' whatever anyone's laws say, but to have a clear ruling that can be accepted by at least a majority of people would give a sounder basis to work from.
I have to agree with marhak they are a pain they moan about cornwall but as soon as the sun comes out they are here,and going shopping when they are down is a nightmare.and as for the A30 say no more.Emmets are a pain,get a paddling pool and stay home,the cornish pasties and icecream are for the people that live here.lol
Further to the courts business, we could use that route to establish Cornwall's true status and rights if:
1. We had the money to do it - and that's always been a big problem (the law only works if you can afford it)
2. English courts will be English biased.
The European case I mentioned will take time, but its entry has been accepted. If successful, it will create huge waves and we will hold the upper hand for once.
In general, Graham, yes. However, one cannot challenge the Duchy in English courts, nor ask questions about it in the House of Commons, etc., so there is only one course open. Europe has accepted this, and the case.
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