Editing Mebyon Kernow (section)

==== Cornish Assembly Campaign ====
{{See also|Cornish Constitutional Convention}}
On 5 March 2000, MK launched a petition for a [[Cornish Assembly]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1704112.stm|title=Blair gets Cornish assembly call|date=11 December 2001|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=26 June 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=14 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314052239/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1704112.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> This was modelled from the "Declaration for a Cornish Assembly", which stated that:[[File:1. Declaration for a Cornish Assembly.jpg|thumb|upright|Picture of Mebyon Kernow's assembly petition]]{{blockquote|[[Cornwall]] is a distinct region. It has a clearly defined economic, administrative and social profile. Cornwall's unique identity reflects its Celtic character, culture and environment. We declare that the people of Cornwall will be best served in their future governance by a Cornish regional assembly. We therefore commit ourselves to setting up the [[Cornish Constitutional Convention]] with the intention of achieving a devolved Cornish Assembly.|[[Senedh Kernow]]}}

Three months later the [[Cornish Constitutional Convention]] was held with the objective of establishing a devolved Assembly. Within fifteen months, Mebyon Kernow's petition attracted the signatures of over 50,000 people calling for a referendum on a Cornish Assembly, which was a little over 10% of the total Cornish electorate.<ref name=":1" /> A delegation including Cole, [[Andrew George (politician)|Andrew George]], then the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]], and representatives of the Convention presented the Declaration to [[10 Downing Street]] on 12 December 2001.<ref name=":2" />