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**Tellos Athenaios** · 10-24-2012, 01:31

Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla

This is not lost on me - but neither is the fact that the EU didn't tell them to take a hike. Someone in Brussels enjoys drawing these things up and enacting them.

And if the EU did tell them to take said hike, the Cornish would go all "big bad EU trampling over our precious Cornish pastry, no respect for local traditions or values whatsoever!" If the EU were a proper government with proper power as opposed to a bunch of treaties with lots of hyper sensitive toes sensing being trod on then telling to go take that hike could work. As it is, it would merely result in complaint burried in the annual fodder of complains to bring up when something is up for negotiation: "and the EU doesn't recognise our Cornish pastry traditions neither, for shame!"

You know it would.

Anyway a lot of that stuff is just the various cries of me-too after the big ones (champagne, parma ham) got meaningful protection from (inferior) products out of it.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 10-24-2012, 10:02

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

And if the EU did tell them to take said hike, the Cornish would go all "big bad EU trampling over our precious Cornish pastry, no respect for local traditions or values whatsoever!" If the EU were a proper government with proper power as opposed to a bunch of treaties with lots of hyper sensitive toes sensing being trod on then telling to go take that hike could work. As it is, it would merely result in complaint burried in the annual fodder of complains to bring up when something is up for negotiation: "and the EU doesn't recognise our Cornish pastry traditions neither, for shame!"

You know it would.

Anyway a lot of that stuff is just the various cries of me-too after the big ones (champagne, parma ham) got meaningful protection from (inferior) products out of it.

The Cornish winged when a Cornishman tried to carry a Cornish flag over the Tamar during the Olympic torch run and a policeman took it off him.

In order for the EU to be a "proper" government it needs popular backing - these medieval ordinances are designed to foster that, but like most else they're counter-productive.

**Furunculus** · 10-24-2012, 20:00

the foolishness of a FTT:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance...nsactions-tax/

**SoFarSoGood** · 10-24-2012, 21:31

Quite... By their own figures it doesn't work!

**Fragony** · 10-25-2012, 13:54

More foolishness, the appointment of a white male in the ECB was blocked by the European Parlement because he is a white male, they absolutely crave a female or an immigrant no matter what, es muss sein after all.

**SoFarSoGood** · 10-26-2012, 09:58

Douglas Carswell's Private Member's Bill in the Commons today. He proposes that European Communities Act (1972) should be repealed. UK out of the EU at one fell stroke. He says "Unless the Whips office mount an operation, there is a realistic chance that the prospect of quitting the EU will be debated on the floor of the Commons."

http://www.talkcarswell.com/home/a-b...e-commons/2512

Of course the motion will fail and if I were totaly cynical I might suggest that it may have something to do with the fact that he recently launched a book; 'The End of Politics'.

**Idaho** · 10-26-2012, 12:51

Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla

The Cornish winged when a Cornishman tried to carry a Cornish flag over the Tamar during the Olympic torch run and a policeman took it off him.

Really? What did they do that for? You see loads of Cornish flags here in Devon and I've never seen any bother from it. My guess is that the incident had nothing to do with the flag and everything to do with trying to cause a newsworthy incident.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 10-26-2012, 22:15

Originally Posted by Idaho

Really? What did they do that for? You see loads of Cornish flags here in Devon and I've never seen any bother from it. My guess is that the incident had nothing to do with the flag and everything to do with trying to cause a newsworthy incident.

They did it to make a point - by carrying it across the Tamar, obviously. The Police were having none of it. Cue hysterics.

While we're on local news: The rai around here, yech, and is it just me is it suddenly a lot colder tonight.

**Rhyfelwyr** · 10-26-2012, 23:02

Does the modern county of Cornwall actually correspond geographically to ancient Cornwall/the Cornwall that the nationalists want to be independent, or is it bigger? Would people in Devon be Cornish nationalists?

**Beskar** · 10-26-2012, 23:13

I am guessing it is based from the Dumnonia period and the area of the Cornwall Council.

**SoFarSoGood** · 10-26-2012, 23:24

Belongs to Prince Charles the Prince of Wales and boundaries, if I recall are the Tamar (?).

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 10-26-2012, 23:41

Originally Posted by Rhyfhylwyr

Does the modern county of Cornwall actually correspond geographically to ancient Cornwall/the Cornwall that the nationalists want to be independent, or is it bigger? Would people in Devon be Cornish nationalists?

Originally Posted by Tiaexz

I am guessing it is based from the Dumnonia period.

Cornish Nationalists take the modern County (that they call a Dutchy) as their claim - the people of Devon are entirely Anglicised.

Thanks be to God.