First I must declare an interest as a Cornish speaking Cornishmen (there is no option on Italki that recognises the Cornish language). Cornish identity is very strong in some places, and many Cornish people do not consider themselves to be English, I am one of them. Until the Middle Ages it was often called 'West Wales', indeed the 'wall' bit of Cornwall comes from the same root as Wales, from an old English word for foreigner. The eldest son of the monarch is Duke of Cornwall as it was recognised that Cornwall was separate. However Cornwall is much smaller than either Scotland or Wales and the Cornish gentry did not resist assimilation. The current status of the British nations owes much to a long history, there is not adequate space here to explain it all.

England, Scotland and Wales are three different countries. Together they make up Great Britain. Cornwall is not a country at all. It never has been. Cornwall is a predominantly rural county of England that has only half a million inhabitants. It does not have the resources to be an independent entity. Like all counties, Cornwall has a certain level of autonomy - for example, it has its own police force and education authority, a county council and local councils which make decisions over local matters and spending on such issues as roads.

It is smaller than the other two, it never was a nation, in the modern sense of the word, and mainstream English influence is stronger. Cornish identity is real and takes cultural forms. There are few Cornish nationalists, as far as I know, but politics is what you make it. Nothing lasts forever. This is a personal view