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Originally Posted by Ea of Dune
Actually there seems to be a lot more going on then just the Stannary parliament movement and MK.
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Depends on where you look or who you speak to. Support for 'independence' etc online is almost never replicated locally. There is, apparently, significant support for a Cornish Assembly along the lines of the Welsh Assembly, but I can't say this has been my experience, and I don't know how many would vote for such a thing in reality. Given the low amount of support in Wales for their assembly (where of course, they went as far as burning English holiday homes), I would suggest the vote in favour would be very low indeed (taking turnout into account).
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Originally Posted by Ea of Dune
There is the celtic league and sports which I have discovered, the language movement and a plethora of websites and chat forums which seem to be very anti-English.
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Last time I checked (and I admit it was a while ago) less than 500 people in Cornwall spoke Cornish. They can't even agree on what 'true' Cornish actually is.
I happen to live where St. Piran landed and where 'Lowender Perran' is held - a village called Perranporth. Most of the anti-English feeling is imported from other 'Celts' - mostly Scots and Welsh - who attend 'Celtic' events in the village such as Lowender Perran.
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Originally Posted by Ea of Dune
It would seem it's more then just a few flag slashers and grafitti artists?
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I've never seen anything more serious. It's nowhere near the level reached in Wales where English 2nd homes were burnt down. You get a lot of 'proud to be Cornish' types - which is fair enough because this is replicated in most English counties in my experience - but very rarely do I meet people who seriously believe in independence for Cornwall. To say such a thing is unworkable would be a massive understatement. As I said earlier, polls and petitions held before have recorded interest in a Cornish Assembly, but I'm not aware of any type of sustained campaign to get one.
The petition here:
Campaign for a Cornish Assembly - Senedh Kernow
Boasts a massive 987 signatures.