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The Cornish Nationalist Party (CNP), or Party Kenethlegek Kernow, was a political party led by Dr Whetter campaigning for self-government for Cornwall that split from Mebyon Kernow on May 28, 1975. Image File history File links Flag_of_Cornwall. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cornwall. ... Saint Pirans Flag is regarded as the national flag of Cornwall and an emblem of the Cornish people. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of organization. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county at the extreme South-West of England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... Mebyon Kernow (Cornish for Sons of Cornwall, often abbrieviated MK) is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

The split was down to the same debate that was occurring in most of the political parties campaigning for autonomy from the United Kingdom at the time (for example the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru), whether to be a centre-left party appealing to the electorate on a social-democratic line, or whether to appeal emotionally on a centre-right cultural line. Another subject of the split was whether to embrace devolution as a first step to full independence (or as the sole step if this was what the electorate wished) or for it to be "all or nothing"). Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of organization. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. ... Plaid, in full Plaid Cymru (pronounced IPA: ) – The Party of Wales, is the principal nationalist political party in Wales. ... In politics, the term centre-left is commonly used to describe and denote political parties or organisations that stretch from the centre to the left or are moderately left-wing, as opposed to extreme left wing beliefs such as communism. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote political parties or organisations (such as think tanks) that stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding extreme right wing beliefs such as fascism. ... For devolution as a term sometimes misapplied to evolution, see devolution (fallacy) Devolution or home rule is the granting of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ...

The CNP essentially represented the party's right wing, who were not willing to accept that economic arguments were more likely to win votes than cultural. Many believed they had a firmer grounding of the true nature of Cornish culture and heritage than Mebyon Kernow and it was even rumoured there was a militaristic wing of the CNP called the Greenshirts. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ...

The CNP worked to preserve the identity of Cornwall and improve its economy, and encouraged links with Cornish people overseas and with other regions which have distinct identities. It also gave support to Unified Cornish, the language of the Cornish revival in modern times, and commemorated Thomas Flamank, a leader of the Cornish Rebellion in 1497, at an annual ceremony at Bodmin on 27th June each year. The Cornish language (in Cornish: Kernowek, Kernewek, Curnoack) is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Breton, the extinct Cumbric and perhaps the hypothetical Ivernic. ... Thomas Flamank was a lawyer from Cornwall who together with Michael An Gof led the Cornish Rebellion against taxes in 1497. ... The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was a popular uprising in 1497 by the tin miners of Cornwall in the south west of Britain. ... Map sources for Bodmin at grid reference SX074667 The town of Bodmin lies in the centre of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, along the western edge of Bodmin Moor. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...

While the CNP were not a racist organisation there was a perceived image problem relating to the similarly-styled BNP. Today, the Cornish Nationalist Party is seen as more of a pressure group as they do not put up candidates for local, general or European elections. As of 2006, they are not registered on the UK political parties register; Mebyon Kernow are the only registered political party based in Cornwall. The British National Party (BNP) is a far right wing political party in the United Kingdom. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The CNP published a quarterly journal, The Cornish Banner (An Baner Kernewek).

See also

• List of topics related to Cornwall
• Celtic nations
• Cornish Assembly
• Cornish self-government movement
• Constitutional status of Cornwall
• Cornish people
• Culture of Cornwall
• Gorseth Kernow
• The Song of the Western Men

This is a list of topics related to Cornwall, UK. The Cornwall category contains a more comprehensive selection of Cornish articles. ... The Six Nations considered the heartland of the modern Celts Celtic Nations refers to areas of Europe that are supposed to have been inhabited by members of Celtic cultures, specifically speakers of Celtic languages. ... The celtic nation of Cornwall requies a national assembly preasure group. ... The Cornish self-government movement (sometimes referred to as Cornish nationalism) is a social movement which seeks greater autonomy for the area of Cornwall. ... The constitutional status of Cornwall, in the southwest of Great Britain, is the subject of ongoing debate. ... The Cornish are an ethnic group associated with Cornwall, located at the extreme South West of the United Kingdom where most of the Cornish currently live. ... Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, though administratively part of England, has many cultural differences from the culture of England. ... Gorseth Kernow is a Cornish organization, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. ... The Song of the Western Man is a song by Robert Stephen Hawker, also known by the title of Trelawny published in 1824. ...

External links

• Mebyon Kernow
• UK Register of Political Parties