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  • proper noun A left-of-centre political party that campaigns for greater self-government for Cornwall.

Etymologies

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Cornish: Sons of Cornwall.

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Examples

  • It calls Mebyon Kernow candidate Stuart Cullimore a "greasy-haired twat".

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • EDITOR: Mr Tillbrook inadvertently omitted the Cornish Nationalist Party, Mebyon Kernow, who received almost 15,000 votes.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Thatsnews 2009

  • EDITOR: Mr Tillbrook inadvertently omitted the Cornish Nationalist Party, Mebyon Kernow, who received almost 15,000 votes.

    English Democrats say: “We did it cheaply and Cheerfully!” Thatsnews 2009

  • Personally I can't wait for Mebyon Kernow to get their act together.

    So Who Was the Minging Briefer? 2007

  • Well, amid all the controversy about how well the Conservatives had done or not, the media seems to have overlooked the fact that UKIP not only didn't win any new council seats, they actually lost one, leaving them with 5 councillors - that's two fewer than the Cornish nationalists, Mebyon Kernow and one more than the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern.

    Congratulations to UKIP on their 5 Councillors 2007

  • "You work for six months of the year and you are unemployed six months, it's a real problem for Cornwall," explained Andrew Long, economic spokesperson for the left-of-center, pro-Cornish Mebyon Kernow political party.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • "You work for six months of the year and you are unemployed six months, it's a real problem for Cornwall," explained Andrew Long, economic spokesperson for the left-of-center, pro-Cornish Mebyon Kernow political party.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg recently described a vote for Mebyon Kernow as "a wasted vote on a spectacular scale" and insisted that his party "has Cornwall sort of coursing through its veins".

    Latest News from Ekklesia staff writers 2010

  • The Cornish party Mebyon Kernow (MK) have launched their manifesto for the general election, calling for a devolved legislative assembly for Cornwall and for the replacement of council tax with a progressive income tax.

    Latest News from Ekklesia staff writers 2010

  • Mebyon Kernow, the party for Cornwall, is tapping into the "fairness" theme at the launch of its manifesto,

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

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