Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall is a Cornish nationalist, centre-left political party in Cornwall, in southwestern Britain. It currently has five elected councillors on Cornwall Council, and several town and parish councillors across Cornwall.
Daphne du Maurier, perhaps the best known supporter of Mebyon Kernow.
Picture of Mebyon Kernow's assembly petition
Cornish nationalism is a cultural, political and social movement that seeks the recognition of Cornwall – the south-westernmost part of the island of Great Britain – as a nation distinct from England. It is usually based on three general arguments:that Cornwall has a Celtic cultural identity separate from that of England, and that the Cornish people have a national, civic or ethnic identity separate from that of English people;
that Cornwall should be granted a degree of devolution or autonomy, usually in the form of a Cornish national assembly;
and that Cornwall is legally a territorial and constitutional Duchy with the right to veto Westminster legislation, not merely a county of England, and has never been formally incorporated into England via an Act of Union.
St Piran's Day is an annual patronal Cornish festival celebrating Cornish culture and history every 5 March
At the time of King Canute, Cornwall fell outside his British realms.
monument supporting Cornish identity
Cornwall has had its own gorsedd, Gorseth Kernow, since 1928
