From Canon Michael Fisher
Sir, — “The great thing about Cornwall is its remoteness” (Time out, 29 August). Is there not an element of metropolitan condescension in this remark? For a Cornishman, it is London that is remote, and, I thought, on a rare but recent visit there, distinctly exotic. (I would also point out that Sir John Betjeman is buried at Trebetherick, not Trebetherwick.)
What can be remote and irritating to the Cornish is decision-making, which increasingly in our over-centralised society takes place far from Cornwall and many other so-called peripheral parts of the UK, as witness the present compulsory closure of village post offices and stores. The Church is not free from this tendency.
Other Celtic parts of the UK now enjoy a devolution of decision-making. Why not Cornwall? Cornwall is bigger both in size and population than the Duchy of Luxembourg, which is a full member of the EU.
MICHAEL FISHER
Chymedda, Windmill
Southway, Padstow
Cornwall PL28 8RN
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