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Old 01-05-2008, 03:55 AM   #12 (permalink)
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In my experience Cornish feeling and wishes for autonomy are certainly very popular in Cornwall.
That's certainly not my experience. My experience is that most are proud to be Cornish - most don't care for an assembly or independence. It's certainly nowhere near what I've encountered in Wales, even in relatively passive places such as Cardiff.

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More than half consider themselves Cornish over English.
True enough. But how far this extends to support for greater autonomy is up for debate. I know plenty of Cornish people who don't want it, plenty more who don't care.

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It is simply that like Scotland and its independence it is not an immediate priority for most people who have much more important things in their lives.
I agree that most people consider their daily lives far more important, which is probably why the issue is not a high priority.

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Personally I want much greater autonomy and I want Cornwall to be treated as a seperate nation like Wales or Scotland but I don't want to break up the union.
While I'd support greater autonomy (as I would for all Counties in England), I don't want Cornwall to be treated as a separate Country, quite simply because it's not.
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