Subject: Interesting parts of the Cornish border<br/>
Date: Mar 19, 2005 @ 20:41<br/>
Author: sdrawkcabdom (&quot;sdrawkcabdom&quot; &lt;sdrawkcab8@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-996897186">The border between Cornwall and England (Devon county) runs mostly <br/>
along the Tamar river, except at the northern part. However, there <br/>
are two areas that are on the &#39;wrong&#39; side of the Tamar: <br/>
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I e-mailed the two parties/groups who are campaigning for a Welsh-<br/>
style Assembly for Cornwall (Cornwall, &#39;or Kernow,&#39; was the first on <br/>
Britain&#39;s &#39;Celtic fringe&#39; to be taken by England. The Cornish <br/>
language is pretty much extinct, though local feeling has fared <br/>
better. The movement is pro-self rule only, not (generally) pro-<br/>
independence).<br/>
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The Mebyon Kernow party said &quot;To be totally honest, redrawing the <br/>
border in the two<br/>
areas is not something MK has considered in recent years - though, I <br/>
am<br/>
sure, most people see the whole length of the Tamar as the border.<br/>
MK is not campaigning for independence but greater self-government <br/>
within<br/>
Britain. But that said, when we do have our own assembly, affected <br/>
people<br/>
may like to revisit the issue and take a democratic decision whether <br/>
they<br/>
wish to be associated with Cornwall.&quot;<br/>
<br/>
The Senedh Kernow organisation said &quot;There has always been a small-<br/>
scale fluidity about a number of areas around<br/>
the Tamar. It would be for those Parishes to decide during any review <br/>
of<br/>
local government set within the context of developing the Region of <br/>
Cornwall<br/>
where they wish to sit.For completeness and simplicity I guess the <br/>
River<br/>
would provide a clear boundary.&quot;</div>