Is devolution good for democracy? The United Kingdom may not be too far from welcoming its newest nation. Some think it is time for the whole country to get more decentralised.
‘Make Cornwall the fifth UK nation’
Celtic charms: Kernow's unique culture is a feast for the senses, from Cornish pasties (top left), to the black and white flag of St Piran, to jam-first scones and the revival of the Cornish language. Glossary
Levantine - Relating to the Levant, a region in the eastern Mediterranean including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine, or to the people who live (or lived) there.
Node - A point in a system where things connect.
Legislatures - Law-making bodies.
Anglo-Saxons - Germanic-speaking tribes – mainly the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes – who migrated to Britain from Northern Europe, particularly from what are now Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, following the Roman withdrawal around the 5th century AD.
Autonomy - The right to make your own decisions.
GDP - Short for Gross Domestic Product, the measure of all the goods and services produced inside a country.
Median - The median is the middle point in a group of numbers: half of the numbers are smaller than the median and half are larger.
Catalyst - A substance able to increase the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being consumed or changed by the reacting chemicals.
SNP - The Scottish National Party, a Scottish political party which advocates for Scottish independence.
Labour - Britain's main left-of-centre political party.