the Mebyon Kernow political group, chairs the Planning Policy Advisory Panel, and represents the council in the Local Government Association's County Councils Network Special Interest Group. He has been outspoken on issues regarding the incinerator in St Dennis and the plans to build thousands of new homes through the development of an eco-town. He has also led a delegation to 10 Downing Street to present 50,000 signatures from Cornwall in support of calls for a referendum on the creation of a Cornish Assembly. Publications Mebyon Kernow and Cornish nationalism (with Bernard Deacon and Garry Tregidga) (Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press, 2003, ) References External links Dick Cole's blog 1968 births Living people Restormel Archaeologists from Cornwall Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter Mebyon Kernow politicians Members of Cornwall Council Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom 21st-century English politicians 20th-century English politicians Bards of Gorsedh Kernow