The 2nd Cornish National Minority Report, some comments

I am certainly not the first to blog about the Cornish submission to the UK government to be included in the Framework Convention  for the Protection of National Minorities, for example see The Cornish Republican: the 2nd Cornish national minority report and  An Helghyer: Recognition at last?. Both are good posts and well worth a read and I just have some comments to add and feel that I can't let something like this go unblogged.

Firstly and foremostly the submission is excellently put together, written and researched and well worth a read for those interested in Cornish history, Cornish identity and why the Cornish do represent a national minority. Here is the submission as a pdf: Cornish National Minority Report 2. It makes a compelling case that Cornish national identity is no more nor less valid than other national identities within the UK and ought to be recognised as such in the Framework Convention.

Secondly and I feel this is a very important point and hopefully a juncture in Cornish politics, the report is co-signed by the leader of Cornwall Council, Alec Robertson (Conservative leader), Doris Ansari (the then leader of the Cornish Liberal Democrats), John Wood (leader of independent Cornish councillors), Dick Cole (leader Mebyon Kernow) and Jude Robinson (leader Cornish Labour Party). So every political party that has been elected in Cornwall and all the party leaders on Cornwall Council have put their names to the report. This political unity is very encouraging and we are lucky in Cornwall that political parties of different ideas and ideologies can come together like this for the common good.

Please do read the Cornish National Minority Report 2 and share it with others, it's an important step for the recognition of Cornish identity and is a seminal moment in Cornish history. As with other campaigns lobbying is paramount and it doesn't take much to write to elected officials, it's very easy to contact them.
Use http://www.writetothem.com/ and enter your postcode to contact your MP and Councillor.
Use http://www.number10.gov.uk/contact-us/ to contact the Prime Minister
and http://www.dpm.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/contact-deputy-prime-minister to contact the Deputy Prime Minister.