Kommendyans gans Colin Lawry CC  

  2000AD - hag yth omgyv Kernow ow sevel dherag spasow a jalenj hag yn kettermyn dherag godrosow. Dre skonya dhe dhadhla rannvro yma Governans an RU ow kodros dieneth menystransek a Gernow. Ev re dhesedhas Kernow yn gwrians rannvroek fals -an Soth-west - hag yw pur vras hay wonisogeth diskevelsys.

An tu arall, an spasow nowydh profys dre waynya Amkan 1 an Arghasow Framweythek an UE rag Kernow han Ynysow Syllan ny veu gwaynys marnas wosa sewena lies den ha kowethas kernewek a gaskyrghas rag bos Kernow henwys rannvro hy honan rag porpos statistegel europek.   

Derivas Obayans Governans an RU yn kever an Ambos Framweythek rag Difresyans Lerivow Kenedhlek a dalvia bos hwarvos poesek rag Gwerin Kernow, ha ni ow strivya dhe weres drehevel Europa selys war liester, hag a aswonn an ober gwrys gans pub pobel a Europa yn unn wruthyl kesson ha kres sostenadow. Byttegyns, an Derivas Obayans a nagh yn kler aswonn hevelepter an Gernowyon avel Leriv Kenedhlek.

  An Derivas ma re beu kessettys gans Bagas-lywya hag a omguntellas rag chalenjya savla Governans an RU ha rag erghi may hwrello an Kessedhek-kusulya ordena studhyans an Gernowyon. An Bagas a syns ynno tus dhiworth treustrogh an gemmynieth, kelmys oll dhe amkan kemmyn a waynya aswonnvos ha kehavalder rag an bobel gernewek. An Bagas-lywya a woer gras an gront poesek res gans an Fydhyans Dasfurvya Josef Rowntree, dhe bub huni a ros arghans, termyn, skians ha nerth, dhe Eseli an Senedh kernewek aga hennerth, dhe Dhavydh Wigley AM ES ay Rager. Diwettha, mes na an lyha, godhon meur ras dhe Bernard Deacon hay was Julian German aga hwithrans ha skrifa an Derivas.

An bobel gernewek a dhendil bos aswonnys ha goelys. An Derivas ma a dhyght mater an aswonnedh a Gernow hag an bobel gernewek yn gettestenn an Derivas Obayans an RU, mes devnydh an tybyansow ha dadhlow kevys war an folennow ma a vydh milweyth efanna. 

Cornish National Minority Report 

Introduction by Colin Lawry CC  

2000AD - and Cornwall finds herself facing challenging opportunities and threats. By refusing to debate region the UK Government is threatening Cornwall's institutional integrity. It has placed Cornwall in an artificial regional construct - the South West, which is very large and culturally incoherent.

In contrast, the new opportunities presented by the achievement of EU Structural Funds Objective 1 status for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly were only won after the success of many Cornish people and organisations in campaigning for Cornwall to be designated a region for European statistical purposes.  

The UK Governments Compliance Report in respect of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities should have been an important event for the Cornish People, as we strive to help build a Europe founded on diversity, recognising the role to be played by all the peoples of Europe in creating sustainable harmony and peace. However, the Compliance Report explicitly denies identification as a national minority to the Cornish.  

This Report has been commissioned by a Steering Group which came together to challenge the UK Governments position and to prompt a study of the Cornish by the Advisory Committee. It comprises individuals from a wide cross-section of interests and activities, all bonded by the common goal of achieving recognition and equality for the Cornish people. The Steering Group is grateful for the significant contribution made by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, to all those who donated money, time, expertise and energy, to Cornwalls MPs for their encouragment, to Dafydd Wigley AM MP for his Foreword. Not least, we are grateful to Bernard Deacon and his assistant, Julian German, for their research and authorship of the Report.  

The Cornish people deserve to be recognised and celebrated. This Report addresses the issue of the identity of Cornwall and the Cornish people in the context of the UK Compliance Report, but the application of the ideas and arguments found in these pages will be far wider.