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Perhaps this good news will help sensitise you to the offensiveness of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s relentless deployment of the offensive anglo-imperialist-kernow-assimilationist expletive 'c' word and enable you to, in its place, deploy the factual word 'Duchy' in accordance with the findings and recommendations of the Royal Commission On The Constitution 1973 (aka The Kilbrandon Report):

'Just as the people of Scotland and Wales tend to resent the description of their countries as regions of the United Kingdom, so the people of Cornwall regard their part of the United Kingdom as not just another English county. The creation of the Duchy of Cornwall in the 14th century may have been in some respects a mark of English overlordship, but it established a special and enduring relationship between Cornwall and the Crown. Use of the designation (Duchy) on all appropriate occasions would serve to recognise both this special relationship and the territorial integrity of Cornwall, on which our witnesses laid great stress.'

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I would be interested to know why the ´óÏó´«Ã½ insist on calling it a county when, constitutionally, it's a Duchy. The Kilbrandon report recommends that it be called a Duchy so why the resistance?

I asked the ´óÏó´«Ã½ via the freedom of informations act to explain this but they refused to do so and apparently they don't have to.

Graham perhaps you can tell us why? What instructions or other advice are you given on referring to Cornwall and the Duchy?

Why does the ´óÏó´«Ã½ have ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland but do not have a ´óÏó´«Ã½ ENGLAND? Please do not tell me it is because there are regions in ENGLAND. My Grandchildren know more about the Middle East than they do about their own country because it is disrespected on television. Are you part of the Government conspiracy to subvert ENGLAND into the amorphous mass called Britain? We have a pride in our Nation but the ´óÏó´«Ã½ seem to ignore the ENGLISH people at every occasion while at the same time promoting Scottish, Welsh and Irish culture and values. We are the only country in the UK not to have a Parliament or Assembly but the ´óÏó´«Ã½ never mentions this in any of its programmes. On ´óÏó´«Ã½ Parliament channel you have debates from the other three counties but do not question why ENGLAND is unrepresented. You confuse Unionists and Britain with the ENGLISH and I, for one, would be perfectly happy to disband the UK and have ENGLAND go it alone and I know there are many more like me.I truly hope that this tiny pebble, that is my voice, will subsequently lead to an irresistible landslide that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ cannot ignore.

Well then, Mr Smith, surely all reports of events that occur within The Duchy Of Cornwall should refer to the territory within which they occur as 'Cornwall', 'The Duchy Of Cornwall' or 'The Duchy'. That's 'appropriate' and applies the Kilbrandon Report recommendation and demonstrates respect for that Royal Commission's findings by an official body - the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

Re John's point. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cornwall is also long overdue.

PS If you are indeed doing some up-line communication, Mr Smith, you should also ask that they stop perversely referring to The Celtic Nation And Duchy Of Cornwall as being in 'the south west of England' which it clearly isn't - the 'south west of England' ends at the River Tamar. Here are some valuable references that may assist your orientation (feel free to pass them up the line also):






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I find it disturbing. There is much doubt about the "Celtic" impact on the UK biologically anyway, but to back the concept that the Scots, Welsh, and "Cornish" are all descendants of ancient white tribes alarms me. Surely the UK is multi-cultural and multi-ethnic? And as the Scots and Welsh were not even referred to as "Celtic" until the 1700s, I think that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is backing a form of racism here.

Further to my recent e-mail, I don't have any problems with Cornish independence - or independence elsewhere. The people should be heard. I just find this false assertion of an ancient white ethnicity disturbing in the modern day UK.

@walter1955

Please be careful not to confuse concepts of race and ethnicity. Race is biological and I would agree there is no Cornish race. Indeed in modern Europe, Afro-eurasia even, there are no genetic frontiers between people. DNA drifts.

However ethnic identity is really ones perceptions of ones own identity not necessarily based on race. For example one can grow up in a Basque family speaking Basque and therefore acquire a Basque ethnic identity but have been adopted from African origins.

In this light people have been thinking of themselves as Cornish continuously now for a very long time. Perhaps longer than England has existed.

"I will "refer up" to see if there is a policy and will report my findings"

Any results so far?

So why do all ´óÏó´«Ã½ journalists use 'county' when its clear that there is a case for using Duchy?

Equally why does the Beeb in Kernow never investiage the unanswered questions that surround the Duchies relationship with Cornwall? It's really fascinating stuff when you start to scratch the surface.