Mebyon Kernow splits

Another rare sight in the Cornwall Council chamber this afternoon was that of a split in the ranks of Mebyon Kernow councillors - rare because even at the best of times there are only three of them, and today there were only two.

Councillors spent what seemed like hours debating the creation of a new harbours board, to embrace the ports of Truro, Penryn and Newquay. MK councillor Stuart Cullimore was very keen to include the word "Cornish" in the title and pushed for a vote. But then MK leader Dick Cole, sitting next to Stuart, voted against the idea.

Later I asked him why. "What about all the other ports in Cornwall?" he asked. "This new board has only three of them."

"So the new board isn't Cornish enough?" I asked, knowing that this particular blog post would happily write itself.