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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi all,<br>
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A remarkable revelation today on the BBC's Daily Politics
programme, from Sir Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government 2010-15, who signed off all the
central government funding for promoting the Cornish language. The
revelation explains his somewhat nefarious reasons for approving
the funding, and also helps explain the swift end to the funding
once the coalition had been replaced by the current
Conservative-only administration.<br>
<br>
I recorded the TV interview today, wrote up a transcript, and
included some background info in a short writeup here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.academia.edu/31944206/">https://www.academia.edu/31944206/</a> (includes link to the video
I've put online).<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132<br>
Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University |
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.shu.ac.uk">www.shu.ac.uk</a><br>
Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD |
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.wiserd.ac.uk">www.wiserd.ac.uk</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net">dave.sayers@cantab.net</a> | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers">http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers</a><br>
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