Campaign Kernow.

[CJenkin]

Does it matter? What matters is that we have Cornish teams competing in competitions so Cornish people can support them = make your pledge now

[shaz]

A plug on Twitter from a Plymouth Argyle fan

I quote....

"Backing Campaign Kernow - if the Isle of Man can have a Commonwealth Games team, then so should Cornwall. http://tinyurl.com/yflx6g6 "

[MaliAft4]

How does Campaign Kernow respond to the comments in the interview that:

1) His fight is not with the CommonWealth Games, it's with the British Government
2) If proceedings should commence...the Commonwealth Games would seek security of costs
3) The legitimacy of Campaign Kernow
4) The basis of the legal challenge
5) The remedy they seek

[GrahamHart]

Campaign Kernow's response is that we have a legal team that believes we have every right to participate.

What do you think this is ? A fun run ?

[saxonscum]

I concur entirely with CJenkin and the anonymous Plymouth Argyle fan. Graham Hart's campaign is the most positive I have seen on this forum and makes a pleasant change from the endless English-bashing the and entirely pointless squabbling about events which happened 500 or more years ago.

I repeat: good luck to you.

[Marhak]

The problem is that the events of 500 years ago are directly related to the position we find ourselves in today. They can't be dismissed so easily. True, they're not the only factor (behaviour of successive dukes is another) but an important one, all the same.

[saxonscum]

Yes, I quite agree with you and I'm far from dismissing them, especially as I believe they had an effect on the way we are today on both sides of the Tamar.

[GrahamHart]

Er, Cornwall, silver medallists (rugby), 1908 Olympics.

Er, wrong Marhak the 1908 Olympic rugby final was between Great Britain and Australia. It was the fact that Cornwall were the Champions of the English Counties that year that they were asked to represent Great Britain. They were not playing as Cornwall.

Are you quoting that as a positive or negative tean?

BTW, I heard a couple of weeks back, that the whole Team came from the East Pool mine. Can anyone throw any light on that ?

[tean]

It was not meant to be negative as far as Kernow is concerned because it is a fact that Great Britain was represented by the Cornish County winning side that year. It's just that we are quick to criticise outsiders if they do not have the facts right. In this case as it was the Olympics the match was officially between Great Britain and Australia.

[GrahamHart]

Bless you my 'ansome.......now make a pledge

[GrahamHart]

What Good Am I ?

What good am I - if I’m like all the rest 
If I just turn away - when I see how you’re dressed 
If I shut myself off - so I cant hear you cry 
What good am I? 

What good am I - if I know and don’t do 
If I see and don’t say - if I look straight through you 
If I turn a deaf ear - to the thundering sky 
What good am I? 

What good am I - while you softly weep 
And I hear in my head - what you say in your sleep 
And I freeze in the moment - like the rest who don’t try 
What good am I? 

What good am I then - to others and me 
If I had every chance - and yet still fail to see 
With my hands tied must I - not wonder within 
Who tied them and why - and where must I have been? 

What good am I if I say foolish things 
And I laugh in the face - of what sorrow brings 
And I just turn my back - while you silently die 
What good am I? 

[Marhak]

The Cornwall team, although representing Great Britain, nonetheless did not wear the official colours of the GB Olympic team in that final. They wore the Cornish black and gold. The team photo, taken before kick-off, is there for all to see in 'Cornish World' Issue 60 (Oct/Nov 2008). It has also to be said that the Australian team wore the sky-blue of New South Wales.

[Kevrenor]

The Cornwall team, although representing Great Britain, nonetheless did not wear the official colours of the GB Olympic team in that final. They wore the Cornish black and gold. The team photo, taken before kick-off, is there for all to see in 'Cornish World' Issue 60 (Oct/Nov 2008). It has also to be said that the Australian team wore the sky-blue of New South Wales.

Correct, though in the case of Australia (which was only 7 years old at that stage) it was I believe not because the team was entirely the NSW team (Rugby played only in NSW and Qld really) but due to there being no accepted national sporting colors ... in fact it was many decades before the later established official Australian Commonwealth colours of blue and gold were superceded by green and gold as used today.

[GrahamHart]

It should be noted that it was the media who raised the matter of the 1908 Olympic team. It bares absolutely no relevance at all to our case.

[shaz]

Graham did you set up a Twitter & Facebook account yet? I couldn't find CK on Twitter.The site needs some changes > for a start the email address pledge@campaignkernow.com should be made clickable by adding a link