Students have been condemned for branding people from Cornwall as "inbreds" on a website.
The message was posted after an annual hockey match between the London and Camborne schools of mines.
The curious part of the story for me is how the Beeb came to hear about the insult:
The message was discovered when a Cornish councillor put the words "Cornish" and "inbred" into an internet search engine.
I know from checking my own stats that people arrive here via some very weird searches(my favourite was “gay paisley in pink tutu”), but if I'd been the councillor in question I'm not sure I'd have admitted to that particular google.
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How to make a country disappear: http://duchyofcornwall.eu/
Well I don’t have the exact formula but if you study this website from the Duchy of Cornwall Human Rights Association you’ll be able to see exactly the constitutional loops the establishment and Duchy authority have jumped through to turn Cornwall, an extraterritorial crown possession legally separate from England, into a supposed English county.
This site explains how a British territorial possession became someone’s private estate.
It makes great and fairly easy reading and should be studied by all those interested in the UK constitution. For more details of the Duchy scam you can listen to the person behind the Duchy of Cornwall Human Rights Association, John Angarrack, in interview on BBC radio Cornwall talking about his new book here: http://www.myspace.com/thecornwellian
If you want to find out more then try the books on the Cornish question by John Angarrack: http://johnangarrack.co.uk/
In the 19th century a dispute blew up between the Crown (UK government) and the Duchy of Cornwall (Cornish government) over the foreshore of Cornwall. At this time Cornwall was producing tin and a lot of the foreshore had mine shafts under it so you can imagine that a fair bit of money was at stake.
The dispute went to arbitration as there was no court in the land deemed high enough.
The Duchy won and did so by effectively proving that all of Cornwall was the Duchy and that this was exterior to the crown i.e. Cornwall was outside the UK.
The Duchy provided reams of documents to support its case and even made mention of the territorial waters of Cornwall as a threat in case the Crown did not capitulate.
One key passage from the Duchy is:
That Cornwall, like Wales, was at the time of the Conquest, and was subsequently treated in many respects as distinct from England.
That it was held by the Earls of Cornwall with the rights and prerogative of a County Palatine, as far as regarded the Seignory or territorial dominion.
That the Dukes of Cornwall have from the creation of the Duchy enjoyed the rights and prerogatives of a County Palatine, as far as regarded seignory or territorial dominion, and that to a great extent by Earls.
That when the Earldom was augmented into a Duchy, the circumstances attending to it's creation, as well as the language of the Duchy Charter, not only support and confirm natural presumption, that the new and higher title was to be accompanied with at least as great dignity, power, and prerogative as the Earls enjoyed, but also afforded evidence that the Duchy was to be invested with still more extensive rights and privileges.
The Duchy Charters have always been construed and treated, not merely by the Courts of Judicature, but also by the Legislature of the Country, as having vested in the Dukes of Cornwall the whole territorial interest and dominion of the Crown in and over the entire County of Cornwall.
All of the above is explored in much greater detail on John Angarracks website as well as:
The Cornish Stannary Parliament: http://www.cornishstannaryparliament.co.uk/
Tyr Gwyr Gweryn: http://www.kernowtgg.co.uk/
Cornubian,
Interesting although not entirely relevant to the post in question.
I'm looking to bring a bit of variety to the blog- if you're interested and happy to answermy questions about the Cornish nationalist movement, drop me an email on oneill1912@gmail.com
Have to say, even as an Englishman, I have much sympathy with the people of Cornwall, and feel they should have a chance to express their identity alongside the other members of the British family such as the Scots, Welsh, Northern Irish and ermmmmm...oh yeah, the English are denied the right to express their identity too.
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