you nailed it "your herritage is being treated as a commodity" yes one which we are not profiting from and one that strips our homeland from us physically. i am economically exiled from my homeland. a land my family has lived in for hundreds if not thousands of years. and what was said in the previous video about cornwall being a part of you having that connection to the land and sea. its honestly like a chunk has been torn out and ill most likely spend most if not all of my life trying to reclaim that chunk.
@@lynnhubbard844 you're asking me why the royal family, a family who have for centuries profited off the capture and exploitation of Celtic lands and labour, would help the cornish? you know the royal family directly profit from the "dutchy" right?
That’s sad but it’s hard to remain where you always lived. People migrated and moved against their will for the whole history. The difference is, in the past, people were physically destroyed to steal their more precious land. Now, best parts of the world are conquered economically by the rich.
There is a similar problem in many small towns in the US. They become gentrified tourist destinations, which is good in one sense, but, more and more of the property becomes owned by outsiders, driving up prices, and locals have to struggle to remain a part of it.
Something similar happens in Florida with people who come down for the winter, we call them snowbirds. Not sure if that is a term used outside of Florida or not.
My ancestors emigrated from Cornwall 7 generations ago. They settled in North Queensland initially but coincidentally most of us live around Brisbane now. We had a big family gathering about 10 years ago. Quite a few have managed to visit the UK and see Cornwall, but we are really just tourists now.
I have to sympathise with Cornwall in respect of young locals being able to afford housing. This has been a problem for rural communities across the UK for a long time.
It’s a problem over the whole country for the younger generation. They will never be able afford to live where they work. It destroys the heart of a place. Places need to be loved, not shat on by the elites. ❤
Not just younger people, but local people generally. I know of other areas more local to me with similar problems of housing and second home ownership. It rips the heart out of the community, creates ghost towns and ghost economies, with shops shut during off peak tourist periods, further cementing problems for the remaining locals, and much of the tourist pound doesn't even then get spent in those communities.
As a Londoner who saw the average rental price for a 2 bedroom flat treble before having to leave, I always wonder why people talk about this issue as a rural problem? 😂A one-bedroom mould-infested bedsit in London charges more in rent than most semi-detached houses in Nottingham (where I moved to). Try working a minimum-wage job in London while renting a tiny flat for £1,200+ per month. I had to leave my entire community and all of my friends just to find a place that I could actually afford.
As a Breton person, I can't help but find some huge similarities between the situation in Brittany and in Cornwall, how the rich from the capital come and buy second homes (especially on the coast), how we are not being heard or respected, and how the language and culture are looked down upon. From Breizh to Kernow, solidarity ✊
Conan and Emma were so lovely, and really helped me with my project! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊 I'm producing a new series at the moment (cycling around the UK, Isle of Man, and Ireland in search of stories), which will be out after the summer, so there'll be plenty more to come!
I live in Capetown and have been priced out of my own City because of wealthy foreigners buying out all the surroundings of Table Mointain....I now feel like a tourist in the City of my birth....totally relate to you good citizens of Cornwall...God bless you all !! ❤
Yes...and the City Council increasing their rates plus insurance companies too...plus electriciy price rises ...etc. The great wheel of Capitalism rolling along ....
If I commented every time I see someone mis-positing the definition of capitalism I'd comment anywhere upwards of twice a day on da Tube. No particular point revealed, nothing particularly identified as a problem, just 'capitalism' in an angry/defeated tone, spent by someone you have to wonder if they learned the definition from someone else using it in a pejorative context and not accurately.
@@KernowekTim This is completely untrue. Cornish was virtually extinct by 1800, with just a few very old native speakers remaining. For its recent revival, the language had to be completely recreated.
A fantastic 2-part doc! Always happy to see representation of the Real Cornwall. It's not just surfing and pasties! As far as independence goes I think the best move is to fight for a Cornish assembly, that way we can crack down on the amount of second homes and the crippling poverty in the old mining communities. Kernow Bys Vyken!
Hi Joe, thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it! It was great to learn about more than just the classic tourist cliches while I was there 😊 Yeah that's what a lot of people I spoke to told me too: "let's see us empowered first, and then let's see where it goes from there", as Mike said in the video. I do hope it happens eventually, it seems like it's the only way to tackle those issues you mentioned, as the British government seems to be doing very little to address them.
As a fourth generation Kernow-Australian, I take great pleasure in acknowledging that Sustralia, unlike the US, did not fight the English for independence. We simply got on with life and transgenerationally the English have become irrelevant. Not the English People, most of whom are warm-hearted and very thoughtful, but their remnant feudal Westminster system of parliament, with its lords and ladies, dukes and duchesses, princes and princesses, filthy rich landowners who control most things, and the god-forsaken clergy, who, despite lip service paid to the separation of state and church, nevertheless occupy numerous seats in the upper house as Lords Spiritual…oh, groan and grow up! In simple language, just ignore England, and get on with being Kernowyon. Over time, the remnant feudal Westminster system will collapse and we can establish the Celtic nation of Kernow once again. The Kernow diaspora owes it to bro goth agan tasow to pick up Kernewek (look up saysomethingin.com and select the free Kernow (Cornish in Sowsnek) course. You’ll be glad you did.
Tell me about it, I'm cornish born and bred with 3 cornish children and I'm classed as homeless as I'm in council temporary accommodation following a section 21 no fault eviction, I'd love to be able to even afford to RENT a property in the place I was born but even with working I cannot afford anything, its really a sad state of affairs
Meur ras arta, thanks again for a well put together documentary. I can tell this has been made from a point of curiosity and interest rather than the usual documentary style we get of "look at these weirdos, and aren't cream teas nice". I have to thank you for treating the Cornish and our issues with respect. Just referring Cornwall as "south westerly point of the UK" instead of as "England" is a kindness not often given and it really shows your care and research you've put into this.
Thank you for this feedback as well! It's been great to see people respond positively to the video 😊 I really enjoyed putting it together, and the people I met in Cornwall were so helpful when I was there. It's a shame there isn't more stuff in the media about Cornwall that isn't just cream teas, surfing, and pasties. Hopefully as more people are made aware of Cornish culture and the language it'll become more fairly represented.
My great- great grandfather was Martin Curnow who emigrated to the US from Cornwall. I honestly had no idea that Cornwall had such a unique culture. Thank you for this video!
That's because the English tried to destroy Cornwall's Celtic culture, language and customs. Against all the odds the Cornish have somewhat clinged to their celtic identity.
@@balls9420 If l can save enough one day I'll go and see where my Cornish 3x Great Grandfather came from. He fell in love with an Irish woman. Bless him those Irish lasses are hard to please. He must've been a good looking bloke.
Well done video and thank you. I am an Irish language speaker and I've dabbled in Welsh and Manx, but I had no idea the Cornish language was still being spoken. The "official" word is that it died out in the 18th century. So I'm glad people are speaking it and thank you for making these lovely videos and bringing attention to Kernow and their people and culture.
I live in teignmouth Devon, grandmother was from Pt Isaac and spoke kernewek. And on a trip to Breton was surprised she could converse in kernewek whilst there. Our river the teign was the dividing line between the Celts and Roman Britain except for a few outposts. 😊
This is an argument that could apply to many areas of England. For a small country there are many areas with distinct identities. Introducing Proportional Representation would go along way to improve local representation and rid us of our damaging two party system. Until then it will be a long difficult struggle to bring about change.
While this is true in some aspects, the main thing that differentiates Cornwall from the other regions is that Cornwall has a language and is almost identical to Wales but doesn't have the same devolved powers as Wales - most places that have distinct identities haven't held on to them the same as the Cornish people have mainly due to geography and being cut off. I think the best thing for Cornwall is a national assembly, we need to be in control of our own powers, second homes are absolutely destroying our duchy.
Celtic languages were spoken all around Briton historically. In Kent where I live, many place names are Celtic. Even the manor port of Dover is of Celtic origin. All around the country, you will find Celtic place names. We are the same people. You just hold onto the original language for longer.
@@lumihiutaleitakaamos3949 also less diluted due to geography, the Saxons forced us in to what Cornwall is today, and they left us there, due to that there was a lot less mixed cultures hence why we held onto it for a longer period, also the language was spoken in Cornwall as a first language up into the 18th century, 1000 years longer than any other so called county today.
@@Dungiom Did the Saxons force you into Cornwall? I wouldn’t be so sure about that! Have you researched this? Because when you research it, you realise that there are many many different theories about this all saying different things. The truth is that we don’t know if the Saxons mingled with the local people or whether they forced them to the other side of the island. However, if we look at other invasions of migration around the British isles, we can see certain patterns: The Irish migrated to Scotland - they mingled with the local Britons and despite the original people being Britons, they suddenly all became Scottish, started speaking Gaelic ,but the original Britons didn’t go anywhere. They didn’t run, they just stayed there and had babies with the invaders. The Vikings invade/d migrated to Briton. They mingled with the local people, sometimes upset them, but eventually they all marries, had babies etc and again all the people are the same. They didn’t run away, they just stayed and mingled with the Vikings. Also, don’t forget that the Celts did not originally belong to Britain. They also migrated to Britain where native Britons were already living and they mingled with them. the original Britons didn’t run away from the Celts, they stayed and together they had babies etc. What makes you think that the Saxons, the Angles and the Jutes forced all the Celtic people to one side of the country and did not mingle with them and have babies? How were they any different from the Irish, the Vikings, the Celts, the Normans etc etc It’s highly unlikely that the Cornish were forced to the other side of the country. The most likely scenario (and also the one that happens all around the world still today) is that migration happened and people had relationships with their descendants being a mix of of the original people and the people who migrated. So the people of our island are descended from the original people regardless of whether they were born in England, Scotland or Wales. This is all happening right now too. There are lots of polish people living in the UK now. They will have relationships with British people but their children will be British and will marry with more British people and if anything they will probably just become more British over time genetically. This also happened in Turkey quite recently in history. The Turks who were originally from the area close to Mongolia and China, migrated to Turkey. There weren’t many Turks who invaded - it was a small number, but they gained control and spread their language and culture and passed these to the original people in Turkey who spoke a completely different and unrelated language. Now everyone in Turkey speaks Turkish even though their ancestors didn’t speak Turkish. However, the people of Turkey are still the same, they just mixed a little with the Turks. Even in our own country, we’ve all been marring each other from different areas of the country and having children with people who are not from our area of the country. I have English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Cornish ancestry - and ancestry from up north etc. All British have relationships with each other. So sure, keep thinking that your different if it makes you happy but I can assure we are all the same people, all linked, all connected. One theory suggests that the Celtic languages spread by trade via the Atlantic but it was not the original language os the British isles.
Dydh da! As a Welshman I am very proud to announce that I have quite a large ancestry from Cornwall. I only found that out recently from AncestryDNA. It was quite a welcome surprise so you can imagine my happiness when I found out. I have been doing my bit to learn my own language and help revive it as we are currently undergoing a revivalist period but sadly still only 20% of the population are said to speak or understand Cymraeg with fluency. Still, cultural revival is never an overnight thing anyway. And when I am at a certain level of mastery Kernowek will be the next language I fully intend on learning to the same fluency and doing my bit to help Cornish revival as well. It is said that language is one of the keys to one's identity, and I believe that to be a truism, so I'm hoping that at some point there will be a lot more than 400-500 Cornish people who can and will speak their own language as their first language and for Kernowek to be fully recognised as Cornwall's state language.
Always a joy when the hallowed English wander down to 'discover' Celtic areas. The next stages inevitably being destruction and exploitation. Quickly followed by disdain coupled with a patronising attitude shown by the English sent to correct everything so it is more like England.
The first time I became aware of a disconnect between Cornwall and the rest of England in particular, when severe weather hit the South West in the winter of 2014. That storm, although Dawlish in Devon was hardest hit, at a stroke it severed the only remaining rail link between the rest of England and Cornwall. One of the most vivid memories I have of that time were angry residents (understandably) calling for a reinstatement of what was the other rail route from Cornwall to the rest of England, which closed in the 1960's during the time that rail enthusiasts call the "Beeching Axe". Basically, it was a period of time when railways were seen as a form of transport in terminal decline and British Rail was losing money hand over fist (by 1961 they were in debt to the sum of £136 million). To try and claw some of the money back, after the Transport Minister approved each shutdown of routes by rail, they then sold off the land and now, when people see that the politicians of the 1960's were short sighted and those routes closed down would be of a huge benefit to the local communities if reopened often can't because there's either a supermarket or housing built on the route of the railway. Under his "Reshaping of British Railways" report published in 1963, left Cornwall with that aforementioned one remaining rail link to the rest of England. Ian Hislop mentioned one of the communities in Cornwall that suffered when it's rail link was closed down: "(Holding a 1960's poster showing the places people could travel to from London Waterloo) this is a charming poster from the 1960's showing all the exciting places you could travel to from London Waterloo on the glamorous sounding Atlantic Coast Express. But, after [Dr Richard] Beeching had done his work, all these stations were closed and you couldn't get to any of these places by rail. The north Cornish village of Padstow (one of the places mentioned on that poster) depended on its trains. The railway had arrived here in 1899, and immediately revolutionised the local economy, carrying fish out and tourists in. Over 60 years on, the track which had brought such prosperity to Padstow was carried off for scrap. At the old station, there's now a car park. And along the old coastal route, the views are only enjoyed by walkers and the occasional cyclist. When the railway went, it was the workers on the local lines who were hit first," One of the grievances workers along the route to Padstow found was that (allegedly) those taking traffic numbers were deliberately going to stations like Dunmere Halt at off peak hours, when people were either at school or at work, or already gone home etc, not measuring the peak traffic. But I digress
This is an excellent video. RU-vid needs more of them. If we could do just one single thing to preserve Cornish culture it would be to stop Cornwall Council and Cornish housing associations giving Cornish social housing to up-country people who want to "retire by the seaside" at the expense of Cornish people. At the moment, anyone in social housing east of the Tamar can transfer here on a whim. Cornish people have to wait decades for a permanent home. It's so obviously wrong, I'm astonished that nothing has already been done. Those who govern us are truly Kernophobic and engineering our genocide. Meur ras rag dha gwydhyow.
Good luck with that ! The liberal left is avid supporter of indigenous Rights in Aus / NZ / Canada and USA. But try raising the issue here and you are " Far Right ", Racist / Extremist ..!!
What you mean by ‘expense of Cornish people’? It’s Cornish people who are paid more by the foreigners. They could sell their homes to locals for half price but they choose to get big money instead.
This video only has 35k views compared to almost 450k on Part 1. Please consider actually putting "Part 1" in the title of the first video so that more people know there's a Part 2. You should also pin a link in the comments section there directing people to this second video.
I am from Newfoundland, Canada. Most of our population came from the southwest of England as well as from Ireland. Also I was a fan of one of Enid Blyton's book series "Mallory Towers" about a girls' boarding school in Cornwall.
Truly enjoyed your film on Cornwall. Watching Poldark and Doc Martin endeared me to the scenery and history. Having lived in Ireland myself, I appreciate Celtic characteristics which I would share with the Cornish. Maybe one day would allow a visit there, please God.
I knew the word Cornwall, but I had no idea of its history, or that there is a Cornish language. I’m happy that your language hasn’t died out. I’m also happy to learn a bit about lovely Cornwall.
I'm Australian and my Cornish great grandad who couldn't read or write, who grew up in a work house jumped ship at Fremantle, Western Australia. His life was hard but he new he was onto a good thing when he got to Oz.
Thank you for making this video though ! Your investigation is through and you going to the location itself and doing interviews shows so much integrity and respect. I really appreciate how you have displayed these issues without an agenda or blaming the Cornish people for their problems.
Thanks Amanda! Glad you liked it 😊 I really enjoyed making this video and travelling to Cornwall to learn about more than just the touristy clichés. I also didn't know too much about Cornwall before this project, so it was really eye-opening for me personally. I'm currently working on videos from Wales, the Isle of Man, Ireland, and Scotland which will be out after the summer, so keep an eye out!
I live on Norway's southernmost coast, which has the same problems with the most idyllic towns being turned into leisure towns. This led to the authorities introducing compulsory residence, so that the locals could afford to buy houses in the center of the cities or along the coast in the most idyllic places. Some places have later abolished the residence requirement for various reasons, but if the same development accelerates, I think they will reintroduce it. If you inherit a home, you are allowed to use it as a holiday home even if there is an obligation to live there.
Thank you for these videos. It was interesting to hear about the nationalist movement. Some of the discussion reminded me of our American states' rights issues that crop up from time to time. We have a strong tension between a centralized federal government and the desire for each state to have a certain level of autonomy. It sounds to me like your more local entities are trying to "wake up" the London based government to your needs and desires.
What you are describing insofar as vacationers buying 2nd homes is exacrly what WE in upstate NH USA are dealing with- people from MA, NH, VT, CT, NY, RI have allnflocked here for our beautiful scenery and majestic mountains- fishing, hunting, snomobiling, skiing, hiking and other touristy things...In the harsh winters (-30F and 4 feet of snow, constant blizzards) people leave...and go to Florida, or S. Carolina, or warmer climes. Only to return in Summer...The economy takes a hit yearly.
As someone from the East of England we're very far away in the country from Celtic Heritage regions, meaning I didn't learn much about them at all until I moved away from home, with the exception of Kernow. I learnt about Kernowek on a holiday there and have been fascinated with the Celtic history that is barely mentioned in our country. Currently learning Cymraeg as I'm hoping to study a masters in Cymru soon
Listening to all these comments about being priced out of your area made an impression on me. Here in Florida it’s the same. Very crowded with ridiculous housing prices. In fact probably going to move soon. My daughters family has to. Due to home prices/rent. I feel for the poor/older people on a fixed income. Cost of living is way up.
I sympathize with the Cornish people. May you indeed be heard, language remembered and economic improvement. Someone from Arizona, USA no ethnic relation.
As s English person I very much Sympathise with Cornwall, its not unique in being neglected, most of England is neglected and so is Scotland and wales, me being from the north of England I know all about government neglect, I too would love a northern parliament because I believe the north of England has a distinct culture and identity. Now what I disagree with is calling Cornwall a “nation” or a “country” because its not, it’s been an integral part of England for 1000 years longer than it was ever a country in its own right, I see no reason to refer to an English county as a nation. I understand it’s people have a unique culture but so does Yorkshire, Essex, hell even Liverpool, it’s not unique with having a strong identity, so to me it makes me uncomfortable calling a part of England a nation, it may have been a long long time ago but it’s not anymore, The north of England was once an independent Northumbria but we don’t identify with that. I can understand the separatist desires in Scotland, wales and Northern Ireland, after all the U.K is a union of 4 nations, so it’s understood for them to what to leave the union. Cornwall is not the same, it’s an integral part of England and has been for the entire existence of the English nation, To me it’s as English as the other counties, and calling the Cornish a separate people is incorrect they are English people but with a strong regional identity. I as for Cornwall being an actual independent country, well it’s absolutely laughable at best and delusional at worst, no government would ever allow a part of England to become independent this isn’t Scotland, it’s not about a union, it’s an integral part of the English nation. Cornwall has a small of 500,000, compared to Scotlands 5 million and wales 3 million, it’s biggest economic asset is tourism, I get smaller nations exist but not ones that have been integral to another country for 1000 years. So that guy who spoke about independence for Cornwall as if its feasible needs to pull his head out of the clouds, it’s not ever going to happen, and I mean never. Even if Cornwall kept every penny it produced it still wouldn’t be able to afford independence, because it’s just so small and lacks any real resources or industry, and even if it did become independent it would be so heavily dependent on England that it wouldn’t be really independent at all, and it would lose its representation in parliament as well, in the scenario it would have even less of a say, because it would be a mere vassal. A independent Cornwall couldn’t realistically close its border with England, it couldn’t win a trade war with it, it couldn’t beat it at anything, what England says Cornwall would do in this scenario, so the people of Cornwall go from representation in Westminster to being a subordinate with no representation. Best comparison would be France and Monaco, Monaco is technically independent on paper, but in reality it’s reliant on France for everything, meaning it in fact has little independence to speak off, this would be the same with Cornwall if it became independent, it wouldn’t harm England if it became independent because England would still call all the shots, it would harm Cornwall alone. So although I understand autonomy within England and within the wider U.K, I think independence for Cornwall is a complete fantasy and the time and energy should be best placed elsewhere, i may come off as harsh, but I’m just looking at it realistically.
Cornish independence is just English-hating bandwagoning, I'm going to start campaigning for Norfolk independence soon because why the fuck not, right?
My grandfather's people come from Cornwall. I have been a few times since the 60s and have loved it. My mother always said it was her favorite place in the country. The problem of beautiful locations being priced up and displacing locals is not just Cornwall's problem. Here in the US countless places are no longer inhabited by the locals that built them and worked in them. As they were largely beautiful but rural areas the kids moved out and the aged parents sold to outsiders. That is a fact. In the UK the entire nation is a theme park. To outsiders it seems that the nation is a show for tourists. Almost any village , town or city is stuffed with tourists. That is just a sad fact. People visit and decide they love it. If they have the money they move in and sit in their homes. They don't work or have a business that is locally focused. When enough move in it destroys what was special Just the way the world is. Everyone still on the hunt for the undiscovered gem.
Its worth pointing out that as a result of the deindustrialisation they did get £1bn in EU funding yet Cornwall still voted overwhelmingly to Leave in 2016. So they cut off their own access to cash which the UK Govt will not replace - but as we are told they all knew what they were voting for..........
Yes, Cornish people not just decided to destroy their economy in the Brexit referendum, but they then decided to elect Tories for all 6 the Cornish seats in 2019. Anyone who believes anything BloJo says deserves everything they get-and that means most of the Cornish people who vote. The second home owners don't vote-this is entirely on the natives..
As an Englishman, id love to see Cornwall become independent, and i think that this nationalist movement is a good step to hopefully achieving that goal. I just wish that the people in my country would appreciate their culture as much as you Cornish lads do.
Great videos, although I would say that the Celtic language spoken in Cornwall is actually that of the Dumnonii which used to be the Celtic peoples in Cornwall, Devon and the edge of Somerset. If the Cornish heritage is marginalised, the Celtic history of Devon is totally denied. I’ve never heard of Devonwall but agree with the idea of re establishing Dumnonia
@Simon King Don't get any ridiculous tribalism ideas. We do not need it in this day and age and it's proven over the years it's done way more harm than good.
Original cornish peoples went on verge of extinction because they were battle axe nordics whose having black hair and blue eyes. Indigenous cornish people still used as ritual sacrifice for colonialism toward americas also agenda new world order. @Tieran Freedman
Cornwall is about the same size as a lot of independent countries; the Maldives, Luxembourg, so on...many smaller places are independent and have been for years.
@@fabulouschild2005 and the same stale arguments have been put forward to say why other countries shouldn't get independence from Westminster. But so far 65 countries have achieved that independence and not one has asked to come back because they are more able to decide their destiny. Ireland now has twice the GDP per capita of the UK
Thank you for that I know I have something to show to people when they ask me Corolla just part of England isn't so now I can recommend your video the more we sing Our Song the more people remember the words.
Which part of Ireland are you from? I recently cycled around Ireland and interviewed some people along the way for a series that will be out at the end of the year. Was blown away by how stunning it is 🇮🇪
In Eire people study irish at school than forget about It because It Is considered obsolete,i read a lot of this comments on internet ,and i wonder why It still decline despite It's status and efforts.....
@@pumpkin91ful As alot of Ireland particular Dublin have a Anglo like government and mind set we call it west brit over here. It is spoken in alot of places outside of Dublin
Both Parts 1 and 2 were fascinating, Tieran. I’ve visited Cornwall and knew of the locals’ Celtic descent. However, I didn’t understand the depth of their wishes for independence. Let’s hope that they succeed in establishing their own parliament, if not becoming a country in their own right, now that the monarchy is becoming increasingly less relevant.
Mebyon Kernow gained 5.3% of votes cast and approx 2% (5 of the 87 contested, in total) of seats, which improves their standing but hardly provide a platform for Independence or even semi-autonomy? Of course a dysfunctional First Past the Post voting system profoundly shapes electoral outcomes but I find it hard to believe that changing to a decent proportional method (say Single Transferable Vote) would bring Mebyon Kernow its desired scenario of a majority of seats in Cornwall's council chamber? Michael Bunney (featured here) was a successful candidate, elected for the St Mewan and Grampound election district.
All fine and good... but I didn't hear from the other local people on why they wouldn't want independence - is there a follow up video to share that side?
I had no idea about this until I came across your videos on the subject. Now I want to learn Cornish - I'm a teacher on italki, maybe some speakers could sign up there and teach it! It's recognised as a language, but I couldn't find any teachers.
One major problem of managing regional identities in the UK is that there are no "states" like for example a federal republic like Germany has them. Germany has 16 state parliaments, they deal with the regional identities, they make their regional laws about things that are in their realm of competence while the federal parliament (Bundestag) deals with the federal legislation. Such state parliaments would've made managing and also acknowledging regional identities and needs a lot better in the past. But then again the UK system is a crusted old system that would need some general reforms...
Spot on with the comments on Wales giving all their money to England and getting a pittance back, HS2 is a prime example, our water being exported to England and getting a pittance in return, the profits from the mining industry, all the profits went out to England, same with the mining industry in Cornwall and not reinvested in the areas, a 20 minute video on RU-vid, narrated by Michael Sheen, is well worth watching ‘For Wales see England’ would be applicable to Cornwall
Lots of similarities between the political situation of Cornwall in the UK and Brittany in France. Obvious similarities in their flags, hymn and in their languages: [kw] Kernow bys vyken! [br] Breizh da viken!
The “fisherman’s cottages” are still advertised as such to tourists (the only ones that can afford to stay in them) as holiday lets - no fishermen have lived in them for decades - they all live in the council estates. I live in PZ
Remember the celts are extinct. Welsh, Irish and Cornish are celtic descendants, not so much Scotland but it's still there. Independent parliaments are unlikely to happen unfortunately and will remain unlikely to happen due to the money we bring to England.
As a Cornishman who had to leave to get a decent wage those in this video thinking they can be independent are deluded. As a student journalist I interviewed a fair few of those in the independence movement and well, they're just dreaming.
Being of mostly Cornish and of partial Irish descent I wish nationhood for Cornwall...Just not sure if will ever happen though. Self determination is somewhat more probable.
My great-grandfather was from Redruth, immigrated to America. I remember seeing a letter from one of his uncles complained how the Cornish are "an oppressed people in our own country"--so this would have been back in the... 1930's or so. I didn't know what he meant at the time, but now I see.
I am Cornish American, my dad's parents came here from Penzance and St. Just. Unfortunately my grandparents passed before I began to truly appreciate my heritage. Can anyone direct me to some reliable sources to begin learning about Kernow?
Hey! Actually, Emma (who features in this video) works at the Cornish Language Fellowship. I think they run online courses in the language. In terms of history and Cornish culture, some of the others I interviewed in this video run the Kernow Matters to Us (KMTU) site. I think they have resources on there that you can have a look at. I don't think RU-vid will let me post the links in here but if you google them you'll find them. Perhaps sending an email through the KMTU website contact form would be helpful for finding resources too :)
The 2nd home issue is pretty much the same on the coasts of Devon. Unfortunately traditional ways of life are slipping slowly into the mist of time and the South West is becoming a rich persons playground. I think this is a trend that is not only seen here but in many parts of the UK/ world. Its great to see the Cornish language being spoken. It binds to a rich history linked to the other Brethonic strands in the Celtic cultures and would be sacrilege if they disappeared. Trugarez as they say across the pond!
I first visited Cornwall 50 years ago. and several visists throughout the 70's, I was somwhat active in the Stannary movement, the Cornish Stannary Parliamanet was a demand at the time. The Stannary was a sort og tinmine towns legal body that could make laws for all of Cornwall. You don't mention the Stannary in your videos, so I suspect Stannaries is not the thing today. I did buy some 300 books on Cornish language, culture and such, and took them home to Norway, where they still are in the Cornish section of my library, I stayed mostly in Bodmin, where Mebyon Kernow and other Cornish organizations had som kind of offices (as weel as sales of books) I learned Cornish, now forgotten, but I was able to understand some Breton in Brittany though. I looked fora house to buy in the Scilly Isles at the time, but that never came to fruition . In Norway the coastal small cities for some 50 years put a lien on all property that it had to be inhabited 11 months of the year, so called 'boplikt' (live in duty), whisch kept the prices down, for if you wanted a holiday home in the form of a local home, you needed someone to live there while you yourself lived somewhere else. That person often paid no rent, and were sometimes paid to live there. It kept prices down, and the vacanscy rates under 3%, whilst the towns that did not place these liens on property often saw 50% vacancy in houses in the winter. But somehow, after several court rounds , several of these liens were deemed unlawful, and nowadays it mostly other systems that keep properties lived in. In towns which have no occupancy system i normal ouse would cost you some £ 800 000, whilst a town withs some system it would cost you £ 150 000.
5:46 "what money" I hate it when people talk about finances without reading a single budget. From 2021 - 2022 the Cornish Council borrowed £185 million which was 63% of overall funding. 26% was made up of grades and EU investments. Only 7% comes from revenue e.g(taxes). And 4% Capital Receipts. The Cornish depth now stands at £856.369 million pounds. So No, Cornwall doesn't have any money to speek of. And the idea that England simply takes money away is untrue. The worrying part is Council can go barkrupt, take Croydon as an example.
I'm an Englishman who visited Cornwall every summer growing up. I would be all for giving Kernow more identity and idependance. Teach the Cornish language and Celtic History in their schools. Give Cornish natives discounts on housing. Reduce taxes going to London. And give them their own parliament.
I live in North Cornwall moving here from London, but we worked and lived here, not using it for a holiday home. We are part of the community and employ people from within the community too. We hate the idea of Devonwall. We will never recognise it ever.
I have heard of the "Stannery Parliament" in Cornwall from a friend of mine who is also a descendant of Cornish Grandparents here in New Zealand. Does this exist and if it does what powers does it have?
In Swedish the name for the Cornish language is ”Korniska”. Ofcourse i have an interest in Celtic languages but still, we have a name for it and are aware of it ( at least nerds like me are ). Language being such a big part of culture i hope it grows in use.
It's the same with Brittany. Trapped inside France. Side note: The people most closely related to the Breton people are the Cornish. I am part Breton and was born across the lake from New Orleans in Louisiana.
@@lumihiutaleitakaamos3949 They aren't British. They are celts who were in the British Isles before the current population and immigrated to Armorica (not France) which was renamed Brittany after the Bretons. It was the Duchy of Brittany from 939-1547. It didn't even become an official part of France until after the revolution.
@@eternalvigilance5697 So despite being originally from Britain, they weren’t British? How is this possible? After all, it was the celts who named the island of Britain, which was Pritani in their language. All British people are descended from the original people who inhabited the island of Britain. Over time, there have been external influences but we are the same people. We never left the island. We’re all still here. It was the Celtic British people who named the island of Britain, originally called “Pritani”, but you claim that they were not British? If they came from Britain, then they were originally British until they migrated.
@@lumihiutaleitakaamos3949 No, they are celts. British people are very genetically different from Bretons. Bretons closest relatives are Cornish people who are also very genetically different from typical British. Your problem is using modern context and trying to say "well they came from, Britain so must be British" to a different time period. What we call British today is not what the Breton people are.
@@eternalvigilance5697 British people today are not genetically different. British people today are also descended from the Celts. We all share English, Scottish, Irish, Cornish ancestry. Believe it or not, we do actually have relationships and babies with people from all around the country. We are all mixed. If the people of Brittany are related to the Cornish, then they are related to other British people also because the Cornish share the same DNA because we all had babies with each other and this is not recent. We have been doing it for hundreds and thousands of years!
I can understand how the Cornish people feel. I live on a beautiful tropical island and wealthy foreigners have bought houses along our coasts. So for us locals, to buy a house is a dream.
As a scouser who also wants away from the greedy masters in London I want to wish the good folk of kernow good luck in having your own government and hopefully ban the whole second home thing and preserving your ancient Celtic heritage ❤❤
Trouble is the vast majority of the population don't identify as Cornish first. There needs to be some sort of plan to put local populations first and second homes way down the priority list. Similar in lots of areas of the Country except for being at the end of a penninsula.
To add to my previous comment, surely almost EVERY county could make similar claims to the individuals in this video. Almost all regions have a cultural history dating back to before a united England. The history and progress of a united England have shaped Cornwall and its people much more than its independent history.
I believe that the difference is ethnic (Celtic / Anglo-Saxon) rather than just geographical - but I am English and it is really for a Cornish person to answer this.
@@julesgosnell9791 but can we trace it back? We are talking about the arrival of Jutes and Saxons, the kingdom of Wessex being established, followed by vikings, french and everything else etc. So once the mixing pool of genetics is in action for over a millenia... isn't it just an idea of national cultural identity? It seems like pre-roman britain was also a lot of settling and invasion, by godelic, gauls, beakers and a continual stirring up- the idea of a fixed native ethnicity until the Romans/Saxons got here is a bit of a myth derived from knowing little about the prior period until recently.
The locals need to rise up and protest and do anything in their power to re claim their land I'm a proud cornish woman and would love to live back in my home country but unfortunately its been tainted by tourists
considering my Basque and Irish origins I do understand the anger some feel in Kernow... and I guess Brexit UK and the EU are still very reluctant to give more autonomy and/or an attentive ear to "minority" regions and communities, because this just works against their centralistic states mentality... I am pretty sure such minorities need to be a lot more active and noisy about their complaints (and I am not thinking about the methods followed by the IRA or ETA)
The empty homes that are rented out and no locals can afford isnt unique to Cornwall. Noone can afford to buy a home in London, for example. Every house is foreign owned and either rented out or left empty 10 months of the year
Glad you made this point. There's lots of issues which unite us in the UK which are often overlooked. London councils have allowed the rampant commodification of property at the expense of community for far too long. Ordinary Londoners (with richly diverse backgrounds) have had to take this lying down. Hi from Wales x
I agree with many of the points describing the plight of the Cornish people, but I don't see how getting independence now will help the issue. Would it be immoral to take the properties away from people who have purchased them, just because they aren't Cornish? I believe so. I also believe Cornish history, the last millennia of it, has been so intertwined with English and later British history, that it would be a shame to disregard that also. I wonder if there is a way to get more independence and recognition for Cornwall, whilst still keeping its English heritage too. Would love to hear some thoughts on this!
More celtic 80110CK5, most of the originat "Crescent of the Native" has sunk bedlow the sea and few inhabitants can trace ancestry back more than 10 generations (200 years)
I think is méstís people from Voliba and Belerion whose conquered by Irishmen, there are another tribe live in southwestern peninsula before Dumnonia or Mercians also (blue-eyed battle axe northern atlantic from Cornwall) too.
I think that Cornwall is culturally, historically, and geographically close enough to Wales for this to evolve towards concrete administrative and political developments. Why not an administrative and political association of Cornwall and Wales with its Welsh and Cornish Parliament / Senedd Cymru a Kornog?
Two questions: 1) Isn't Cornwall where most of the pirates came from? 2) I see the prefix "Tre" used a lot in place names and surnames. What does that mean?
I'm Welsh, not Cornish, but "tre" is the same in both languages. It originally meant something like farmstead, and later evolved to mean town. It's basically equivalent to the suffix -ton in English.
@@KaiserMacCleg Interesting, thank you. I thought it might have been like "mac" or "ap"--but instead of a suffix like "ton", "by", "ford" or "ley" (as in Anglo Saxon place names) its a "prefix". You can tell I'm obsessed with these kind of things!
@@impalaman9707 Me too! It appears in surnames because of habitational names - Trevithick, for example, is from Cornish Tre + Methek (Homestead of the Physician). Methek (C) = Meddyg (W) = Medic (E).
@@TieranFreedman cornwall actually cornovii which is blue-eyed battle axe phenotype, but when they arrived those peninsula all of them wiped out by several genocides after ice age falls.
People can buy houses anywhere. Locals don't get special rights. Do you want a law that people born in Cornwall cannot buy houses elsewhere? Maybe the expectation that you can have a low paying job in a beautiful area and still compete is not realistic. The solution that people born in Cornwall are entitled to special rights is retrograde and divisive.
Sorry, I am nearly a year late commenting on this. I am of celtic origin. God knows that the cornish forgotten identity has been virtually been wiped out and is in desperate need of a voice to rise again. As a celt i am extremely proud to live on cornish soil. That is the reality that is what kernow is. Dont let anyone coming in from east of the river tamar tell you othetwise. They seek to discredit us by planting their flag where it can be seen.
The fact is most Cornish people, a massive supermajority see themselves as British and English. Do you just get to ignore their voices because you want to create a cornish Identity that is gone and forgotten by most. i.imgur.com/m5XAjoN.png
The ownership of homes by people whose main residence is outside Cornwall should be banned. Not sure what authority or authorities in Cornwall would have the power to do this. Homes should be affordable for local people.
