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The Scottish Government have announced an ambitious plan to utilize the state bureaucracy to support Scots Gaelic. Under proposals, every directorate at the government will be involved in increasing the use of Gaelic in the organisation.

Remembering the bloody events of 1549……

A packed St Petroc’s Church, Bodmin on Sunday 15th August, 2021 saw a service commemorating the bloody events of 1549 when thousands of Cornish people were killed or violently put to death by representatives of the English establishment whilst defending their Catholic religious practices, Cornish language and Celtic customs.

The Soviet famine of 1932–33 killed millions of people in the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union. Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, the Volga Region, Kazakhstan, the South Urals, and West Siberia were included in the areas heavily impacted by the famine. In the Ukraine it is known as the Holodomor and it has been estimated that over 3 million died, with some suggesting the deaths could stand at over 7 milion. In Kazakhstan it is thought over 600,000 (15% of all Kazakhs) died.

Cymdeithas yr Iaith (CYI) , The Welsh Language Society,  have long  been calling for the abolition of the concept of “Welsh as a Second Language”, and have instead called for reforms to ensure that every pupil is given the opportunity through the education system to be educated in the medium of  Welsh. The CYI action plan includes:

1549 Commemoration

On behalf of Bodmin Old Cornwall Society, we bring you the following announcement:

We have been warning and warning of this. Anyone with any degree of sense could see this approaching. Cornwall is being both over marketed and inappropriately marketed and the Butler Model looms ever larger (attached - model applied to touristic outcomes devised by Professor Richard Butler)

This sort of over tourism is destroying Cornwall, its natural environment and causing a second homes crisis which together with Air Bnbs is making local people homeless. It is quite simply unsustainable.

Blocking the bridge……

The routes in to Cornwall have been blocked several times down the years and perhaps surprisingly, in recent times.

A rally involving 500 Cornish people and their supporters occurred in 2010 at Saltash and in a sea of St Piran flags, Cornish people marched along the River Tamar showing their disdain for a proposed blurring of the ancient border between Cornwall and England.

"No more second homes until every Cornish person has a first one"

There was a recent item on the Irish Wildlife Trust Facebook page where they mentioned the benefits of the plant Ragwort or as it is known in the Manx Gaelic language "Cushag". The Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) is a wild flower in the family Asteraceae that is native to northern Eurasia. It is an importnat food source for a wide range of insects. However, it is not always welcome by some because of its toxic effect for cattle and horses.