Chris and Nigel would like to thank you all for coming on this forum over the past year, and hope you continue to visit/post here in 2007.
Please keep all your news and views coming and we wish you all a very Cornish Christmas.
Cornwall24 will run in the same way next year as a community resource and as a platform for Cornish news, debate and ideas.
If there is anything we could add or take away from the site, then please let us know. The site has become increasingly popular with more that 6,100 individual users on one day in mid-November.
Now if only we could find a way of covering our costs...
Feeling warm and full of cheer, than lets just recap 2006 for the Cornish nation.
The English government and establishment has continued to totally ignore our requests for a devolved assembly and greater democracy.
The establishment has let an unelected quango overrule our spineless libdem council to put pay to a rebirth of Cornish mining.
They have completely rejected the notion of recognising the Cornish nation under the FCPNM and not even bothered to come up with a new and coherent excuse.
They have continued to treat our national flag as no more than an advertisement in our own land.
Am i alone in sensing a certain contempt in all this?
Am i alone in in saying i would shed not one tear if this establishment got a good kick in the teeth?
happy New Year, Just came home from a birthday lunch for my Brother here from Pendeen, to celebrate his 60th, watching the 4th test with interest naturally. He's got a barmy Army tee shirt for his birthday from our son, lets hope he'll have something to celebrate. A little under the weather myself !!!
A Kernow 2007 to you Nigel & Chris, Costs to run this site can't be that much...You have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing something very positive for Cornwall...I always have a look at your CORNISH LINKS though
Its non-existence may have something to do with that. A non-extant entity (English Government) doesn't ignore requests, it simply cannot respond to them because it isn't there.
Surely, you must be able to understand this. Try the UK Government, for pity's sake :!:
Phew.. Good job you corrected that point so early on in the year. A whole 12 months could have been wasted chasing and checking up on a non-existing government..
Maybe See you on the 2nd Jan, Fishwick? At the Crown Court in the english city of Truro. In case you're behind on what's going on, there's some legal issues being questioned there regarding the income, rights and privileges of an english heir to the throne who's failing to return his part in the deal as the government of Cornwall.
oops sorry i forgot that with Patrick around we can't possible mention the word "English" in a negative sense can we, even if correct.
You know Patrick its by excepting past mistakes that nations grow and mature.
The government is in London with a vast majority of MP's and civil servants from the ENGLISH national majority; it is an ENGLISH imperial government not to mention the rest of the establishment.
You say it is not the everyday Englishman who is guilty, on an individual basis you are correct, but tell me Patrick from where did all the harm done to the Cornish nation come from? From what other nation? Was it the Italians, or the Scots perhaps?
Truro/Truru is Cornish, isn't it? I thought that the majority opinion on this board was that it isn't English. It certainly isn't in England as English Nationalists and the National Curriculum traditionally define it. It's unfortunate that I'm in work on the 2nd because actually it would be quite interesting to attend. Anything to dent the completely unearned privileges of the Royals is welcome.
The MPs and civil servants are predominantly from England, simply by weight of numbers. That doesn't mean that they're all imperialists or English nationalists; there is plenty of divergence of opinion and agenda among them. The current administration is interesing because:
i) It has many key players, including senior cabinet ministers, among them the Prime Minister in waiting - who represent Scottish constituencies.
ii) The Labour Party probably requires the votes of the Welsh and Scottish electorates in order to win the next General Election. It has little chance of remaining in power in England in the event of a complete break-up of the UK. This does not further the career ambitions of currently powerful men such as Gordon Brown or John Reid.
Understandably then the Labour Party is strongly unionist. The key point is:
iii) The current UK admininistration has no desire to see the implementation of any form of democratic English government, because it wouldn't be Labour. Instead, we see the imposition of the unelected "Regional Assembly" quangos on the English (and the Cornish via the SWRA).
Would the establishment of a separate English government, or a degree of devolution (e.g. an English Parliament) be of benefit ultimately to Cornwall? Possibly, if it went for a decentralisation programme. Time may tell.
Anyway, no hard feelings, and here's to the coming year. It could be interesting - those May 2007 elections are worth waiting for.
And good luck to the CSP. The monarchy is in need of reform (if not abolition), and especially the Duchy of Cornwall.
Airport closure was 'responsible'
The Civil Aviation Authority says the decision to close Newquay Airport was difficult but responsible.
Christmas tree is really rubbish
A giant Christmas tree made from recycled plastic bags and bottles goes on display at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
NEWQUAY AIRPORT CLOSURE: “HEADS MUST ROLL”
Stephen Gilbert, the prospective local MP for Newquay, has said that “heads must roll” over the unexpected closure of Newquay Airport and has called for a full enquiry into what went wrong.
Important Information regarding Air Southwest flights to/from Newquay Airport.
We have been advised that Newquay Airport will be closed from 1 December to 19 December 2008 inclusive. This is due to issues with the handover of air traffic control from the RAF to the airport authority.
English Heritage get one thing right at least
English heritage have joined with a variety of other organisations in opposing the planned incinerator in St. Dennis on grounds that they have failed to recognise or address the impact that the proposals will have on the wider landscape of St. Dennis.
MANX GOVERNMENT SUFFER WORST HUMILIATION BY THE UK IN LIVING MEMORY
The Isle of Man government and its Chief Minister have been shown to be inept and marginalised following comments from the United Kingdom Prime Minister and his Chancellor Alistair Darling over the past few weeks.
Population is older and lonelier
People living in Devon and Cornwall are generally older and lonelier than elsewhere in the UK, a BBC survey finds.
Grey majority rules in Cornwall
Cornwall has the highest proportion of retirement age residents in the UK, according to a BBC survey.
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