Talk:Regional Assemblies in England

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[edit] Cornish Assembly

I reverted the entry about the Cornish Assembly because this is not a regional assembly in the sense of the article (ie. a part of UK governance), but rather part of a political campaign for Cornish independence. Sceptic 18:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

The Cornish Assembly is relevant here as it demonstrates the lack of support for the South West Assembly. If you read the Cornish Constitutional Convention website, http://www.cornishassembly.org/ ,it is a cross-party, cross-sector association with a strong consensus of support both in Cornwall and elsewhere. It is NOT campaigning for any form of separatism or independence. The aim of the Convention is to establish a form of modern governance which strengthens Cornwall, her role in the affairs of the country, and positively addresses the problems that have arisen from more than a century of growing isolation and loss of confidence. This was the text removed:-

"In Cornwall, a campaign for a Cornish Assembly has been running since July 2000, and there is strong opposition to the unelected South West Regional Assembly and the South West Regional Development Agency. The Cornish Assembly campaign has attracted the support of a 50,000 Cornish petition which was presented to 10 Downing Street on 12th December 2001. The campaign has the support of all five Cornish Lib Dem MPs, Mebyon Kernow and many others. They state that the SW regional assembly is undemocratic and unaccountable and believe Cornwall should be able to take decisions about local services in their own elected assembly answerable to local people". Avalan 10:15, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know why Cornwall has to hog all kinds of UK local government articles just because a minority of Cornish people believe they're a magical, pure blooded celtic race of people. I should also add that there was a movement for a Merseyside Assembly, headed up by George Howarth MP, which is no less noteworthy.

[edit] Secret plans

Surely the bit about "secret" government plans should have "allegedly" in front of them? And how secret are they? Benson85 18:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)