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Originally Posted by Aled 
I lived with a guy from Cornwall last year, he could speak a little Kernow
That would be Kernowek (Cornish). Kernow means Cornwall.
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and I could even understand a bit of it  (me being a native welsh speaker). He told me about the independance movement down there and about MK Meybon Kernow which translates to (i think) sons of cornwall.
That would be Mebyon Kernow. I believe that it means something like Assembly or Party for Cornwall, but don't quote me on this one.
Mebyon Kernow is not a movement for the independence of Cornwall, but for decentralization and greater autonomy.
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Well i got the sons from doing >>> Mebyon to the Welsh Meibion which means Sons, there was a Welsh nationalist group back in the 70's and 80's called Meibion Glyndwr that went about burning down English peoples holiday homes and planting bombs on railway lines to kill the "Prince of Wales" sadly it did not succeed.
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The problem is that being Left and Nationalist is a gross contradiction. Nationalism is (must be) based on ethnic premises, not merely on language. Language can be an element of cohesion, but it is not even absolutely necessary for Nationalism to be. Consider the case of Ireland where the Gaelic language is still far from being spoken by the majority of the Irish.
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Nationalism cannot be based on any ethnic pretext since as it is an invented construct, language is merely another construct used to highten this sense. Language can be used as Linda Colley said as constructing the 'Other' something to unite against, this is also viewed in the forging odf British national identity during the French and Revolutionary wars, most notibly in Nazi Germany against the jews.
As for Celtic Cornish blood line, much like Anglo-saxon blood line they have been compleatley bred out through migration patterns spanning from the norman conquest to the more recent industrial revolution.
Im new to this forum and i saw your name Mynydd and i was wondering whether this has anything to do with the welsh meaning of the word?