Recent Posts Tagged With 'devolution'

• Cornish Constitutional Convention Annual General Meeting 2009

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 14:10 in devolution, cornish constitutional convention

  Just to throw a couple of divergent points of view into the mix concerning Cornish devolution.  First we have -The Cornish Assembly. Next push? Or last gasp?- a rather negative take on the Cornish Constitutional Conventions progress. Then bel...

• The Next Push : updates

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 08:57 in constitution, devolution, duchy of cornwall, council of europe, cornish constitutional convention

  Following the release of -The Next Push- and the related Cornish Democrat blog post some interesting feedback has been received. First are the links below from the Council of Europe's Congress on Local and Regional Authorities sent in by a...

• Devolution Matters

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 14:00 in devolution

  CORNISH DEBATES FROM THE DEVOLUTION MATTERS BLOG A good blog for following the progress of devolution within the UK. ...

• The next push for a Cornish Assembly

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 02:32 in devolution, regionalism, cornish constitutional convention

  Though largely unknown by many democratic reformers from around the UK, the Cornish Constitutional Convention and its drive for a Cornish Assembly continue with the release of - The Next Push (pdf). Following hot on the heals of the ...

• Asymmetric Devolution but who wins?

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 03:15 in devolution, regionalism, english question

  The POWER2010 campaign continues to drive the much needed discussion on democratic renewal in the UK. Recently an article by Billy Bragg called -Has our very stability made us complacent?- was featured on their blog.Praising Spanish democracy Bragg ...

• POWER2010

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 08:26 in devolution, english nationalism, english question

  Unsurprisingly POWER 2010, which already seems to contain a fair few English nationalists within its organisational staff, has kicked off the debate with the Campaign for an English Parliament.IDEA OF THE DAY: ENGLISH PARLIAMENTEqually the UK democra...

• Cornwall Forward!

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 20:00 in democracy, constitution, electoral reform, devolution, liberal democrats, c, transition towns, mebyon kernow, cornish unity

  Perhaps it's time to take stock of the situation in our Cornish Duchy while demands for real change in the UK are still fresh.Across the Political SpectrumWith three councilors on the Cornwall Council and having beaten Labour in Cornwall's Euro-elect...

• Vanishing Cornwall

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 14:23 in devolution, cornish constitutional convention

  The report -Devolution: A Decade on / fifth report for session 2008/2009(pdf)- from the House of Commons Justice Committee can be found on the link provided.Via a podcast I watched contributions given by Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat) and Peter Facey...

• Can we expect real change for Cornwall?

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 08:38 in democracy, constitution, devolution

  Below is an e-mail received from the Real Change campaign.Would a synthesis between the ongoing campaign for Cornish devolution (see Government of Cornwall Bill) and Real Change be possible? Something for the Cornish Constitutional Convention and oth...

• Cornish Assembly Bill some after thoughts

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 14:06 in democracy, devolution, dan rogerson

  Just to add some after thoughts to the blog article below. I have no idea if it is possible but could this latest venture, the Cornish Assembly Bill, be connected to one or more of the UK wide campaigns for democratic renewal that have developed fol...

• The Cornish Assembly Bill

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 14:11 in devolution, liberal democrats, mps, dan rogerson

  Yet another cynical move from the Lib Dems courting the Cornish nationalist and autonomist vote? That's certainly the opinion being voiced by some here on Cornwall 24. The probable answer is that the doubters are partly right. Politicians want to be ...

• Andrew - Liberal Democrat - George

  Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 07:18 in constitution, devolution, liberal democrats, andrew george

  I, like many I suppose, found myself nodding along in agreement with Andrew George's recent press release -CORNWALL: A NEW BEGINNING?Full of what seems like common sense and sound reasoning it certainly has something for everyone:•One Strong Voice ...