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It's a shame that you didn't give MK as much coverage during the election as you seem intent on doing at the moment.

MK is the only party for Cornwall - as can be seen from the horse trading going on at the moment between the Lib Dems and Conservatives. The Lib Dems look likely to give up their campaign for PR in return for a whiff of power.

Now, more than ever, there is a need for a political party that will always put Cornwall first - that is what MK is all about.

What is your problem with political parties that don't fit your establishment view?

Since when do the results of this election mean MK is about to "quit politics"? Has anyone said this? Has anyone remotely inferred it? Or are you adding 1 plus 1 and getting 2784? This is quite a swing and a miss, Graham.

It was indeed a disappointing result. But all MK's vote count of 5,379 means is that 5,379 people considered Cornish political nationalism to be the most important issue at this election. People vote for many different reasons, and it is not surprising that in a nationwide election, after 13 years of a tired government, in the middle of a financial crisis, and after a huge political scandal, that many people in Cornwall wanted a say in how the national political scene should look. Cornwall is part of the UK, after all.

All nationalist parties in the UK - the SNP, Plaid Cymru and MK - don't do well in general elections. This is because of the huge focus on national politics. MK are very strong in local elections - in 2009 they got 15.95% of the vote in the 33 seats it ran in (the majority of people in Cornwall didn't even get a chance to vote for them). They are getting stronger with every election. Why would they quit now?

No from the impression I got Mebyon Kernow have no intention of quitting anything. MKs vote share compared to 2005 went up and have no need to be disheartend. They got squeezed out by the pro and anti tory tussle, pure and simple.

If as a point of fact you can find evidence of MK quitting Westminster elections I'd love to see it, or to use your phrase from another blog "Time to put up or shut up".

To be fair davetnt, Graham was speculating about MK quitting national politics, not all politics.

But is interesting how Graham has made more posts mentioning MK during the three days since the election than he did during the entire election period. Whatever happened to "proportionate levels of coverage"?

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Of what relevance are MK ? Cornwall is in England and to vote MK is a complete and utterly wasted vote. If they were that relevant, they would have polled more votes than UKIP in the county and they didn't. Any other party with this sort of result would be closed down before being ridiculed. What sort of leadership do these people have? Cornish nationalism is a myth and if you doubt that watch what happens when the world cup comes next month. If it weren't for these clowns, we could have had Liberal MP's back. Thanks MK - what a joke. I suggest you disband now before you make further fools of yourselves and the people in the county who bother to vote for you.

Oh BTW Graham, a well written piece.

Now as A Cornisman or should I say son of Kernow. The please please stop baching Mebyon Kernwow like I have just been reading about.

And get back behind what they stand for, And I am stick and fed-up with hearing about the Elections as far as I am cocern it is yesterday news.

As there are far more important matters to be put right in Kernow such as what is goiung on At Carlyon Bay with the Development up there,

Chris from Redruth.

Will - you don't need your Lib Dem MPs back - you have your Tory buddies instead. Vote Lib Dem and get Tory. MK are a progressive party (that won't sell their souls to the Tories)and are working for the good of ALL the people of Cornwall - even those that don't yet appreciate that. A vote for any other party in Cornwall is a vote for London centered policy detrimental to Cornwall.

I am extremely surprised that this type of comment is allowed on a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ website.

I thought the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ were meant to be unbiased ?

I am glad to say that I shall not be renewing my ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Licence Fee because rarely have I encountered such bias. It would not have been quite so bad if the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ had given Mebyon Kernow and Dick Cole equitable coverage in the run up to the election. They did not and perversely have given the party more coverage since the election.

I must ask if there is a hidden agenda here ?

I look forward to seeing you all at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ in Truro a little later this year. I assure you there will be some straight speaking.

Erm, Will, MK got 15.95% of the vote across the 33 seats it ran in at the 2009 local election. It may have only got 4.3% across Cornwall, but the majority of people didn't get a chance to vote for them. Labour got 3.4% across all 123 seats! MK are more relevant than Labour in local elections in Cornwall, and they will be even more relevant at the next one.

I should correct my post above, Labour ran in 57 seats, not all 123. It got 7.5% of the vote in the seats it ran in, less than half of MK's 15.95%.

Rather than your less than complete quote given above perhaps you should read what Mr Cole has to say at It is more than clear that MK are ready to go any time the next election is called.