#cornish history is long and complicated so this is just a brief overview

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Hi! If you don't mind, could you expand on the Cornwall is (not?) England post? I'm a little confused but extremely intrigued

Sure!

Cornwall is a Brythonic Celtic nation. Culturally and historically it has more in common with Wales and Brittany (and, more distantly, other Celtic nations) than it does with England. At one point in history the Welsh and the Cornish were very connected, but England now physically separates them (Side note: this is why people refer to King Arthur as Welsh, despite him being born in Tintagel in Cornwall. "Welsh" here is being used to refer more broadly to Brythonic people) Cornwall has its own language, mythology, music etc

While Wales gets some legal recognition as a nation (though not enough imo), Cornwall and Brittany do not and are considered a part of England and France respectively. Some Cornish people want independence, others just want more recognition than they currently have, and a lot of us are focused on the No Second Homes movement

Because of all of this, Cornish people don't consider Cornwall to be a part of England. As of the last census, 14% of people in Cornwall define their national identity as Cornish and nothing else (bearing in mind that due to the extreme rate of second homes, a lot of people in Cornwall at the time of the census may not have been Cornish)

Like I said, even Cornish people who don't feel strongly about independence will state as a fact that Cornwall is not English. It's just understood as a given, for the same reasons that Wales is not considered English