Frightened to live in Cornwall?

[Richard Johnson]

Dear All,

I am a journalist writing a feature for the Sunday Times magazine in London,
looking at the new separatism at work in Britain -- starting with Cornwall
(after the CNLA threats to Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein), and working up to
Wales and Scotland. Have any English users of this forum felt any prejudice?
Have you felt frightened to be English in Cornwall? Or is the banter all
good-natured?

If you don't want to reply to the forum, please email me through my
website -- www.rjsj.demon.co.uk

Many thanks

--
Richard Johnson

[Colin]

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:12:07 +0100, "Richard Johnson"

Post by Richard Johnson
Dear All,
I am a journalist writing a feature for the Sunday Times magazine in London,
looking at the new separatism at work in Britain -- starting with Cornwall
(after the CNLA threats to Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein), and working up to
Wales and Scotland. Have any English users of this forum felt any prejudice?
Have you felt frightened to be English in Cornwall? Or is the banter all
good-natured?
If you don't want to reply to the forum, please email me through my
website -- www.rjsj.demon.co.uk
Many thanks

You have posted to a special newsgroup set up by
the the NuLabour Government to plug the gaps created by
the abysmal failure of the Psychiatric Care in the Community Policy.
which was implemented by the last Tory Government. This
policy was not only continued but also expanded by this
NuLabour Government.

The uk.local hierarchy was devised to provide an outlet for
individuals who would otherwise be spending their days sitting
at home wearing an aluminium foil hat waiting for a full moon
to rise. It was hoped that this would reduce the incidence
of nutters out there howling at the moon and frightening the
shit out of their neighbours. Another of HMGs aims and
objectives was to provide a distraction to take their minds
of the problem of who they were next going to knife to death.
Unfortunately, this group has been taken over by the
articulate lower middle classes who have succeeding in
driving HMGs target audience away. Independent research has
shown that it was the amount and quality of the inane drivel,
called small talk which the middle classes are adept at, which
had the effect of doing their heads in. They left to protect what
was left of their sanity. This has happened to the whole of uk.local
hierarchy. This newsgroup in particular is a very good example
of another HMG failure.

I trust this post will help guide you in your future dealings with this
newsgroup hierarchy.

Thank you.

Colin.

PS.

What's it like having your head up Ruperts arse?

[Adam Lipscombe]

A very pertinent issue IMO.

I am English, brought up in rural Scotland in the 60's and 70's and experienced serious ongoing
racism. I am white and indistinguishable from most Scots except for my accent. That was enough.

School was a nightmare - daily life was often difficult. I wont go into details, except to say that
it included being stabbed as a child, thankfully not too badly.

I left Scotland as soon as I was old enough and wild horses could not drag me back there. I can only
hope that things have improved there now.

Interestingly I have two Scottish friends who live here, and I have often noticed that they don't
seem to encounter anything like the same.


The only good things to come out of my experiences is a dislike of racists in general, and a high
degree of self-reliance.


My experience of Cornwall is completely different - I have never ever felt unwelcome or unsafe here.
I have encountered a few Cornish nationalists, and occasionally have endure an anti-English rant,
usually well lubricated after a couple of Doombars. Buts that's about it.




Feel free to contact me if you are interested.



Adam.

Post by Richard Johnson
Dear All,
I am a journalist writing a feature for the Sunday Times magazine in London,
looking at the new separatism at work in Britain -- starting with Cornwall
(after the CNLA threats to Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein), and working up to
Wales and Scotland. Have any English users of this forum felt any prejudice?
Have you felt frightened to be English in Cornwall? Or is the banter all
good-natured?
If you don't want to reply to the forum, please email me through my
website -- www.rjsj.demon.co.uk
Many thanks
--
Richard Johnson

[Mick]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:48:21 +0100, Adam Lipscombe

Post by Adam Lipscombe
left Scotland as soon as I was old enough and wild horses could not drag me back there. I can only
hope that things have improved there now.

Come back and see.

[Baroness Edwina Frogbucket]

Post by Richard Johnson
Dear All,
I am a journalist writing a feature for the Sunday Times magazine in
London, looking at the new separatism at work in Britain -- starting with
Cornwall (after the CNLA threats to Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein), and
working up to Wales and Scotland. Have any English users of this forum
felt any prejudice? Have you felt frightened to be English in Cornwall? Or
is the banter all good-natured?
If you don't want to reply to the forum, please email me through my
website -- www.rjsj.demon.co.uk

It's a subtle prejudice. Cornish folk go on about 'the locals' to the point
where if a crime's reported in the papers, someone will say "It couldn't
have been a local" - like all Cornish people are saints.
There's no work, no decent shops, the transport system's rubbish and
affordable housing is in crisis. Cornwall would sink without the 'emmets'
they so despise.