Attracting Investment

Now retired I have spent the last fourteen years observing the lack of opportunity for the young people in Cornwall, who really have to leave the County to realise their potential.

Mining is Dead

China Clay is dying

Fishing is in the hands of Stevensons

Agriculture is in the handS of a few

The industries I have been involved with work, so long as they are selling within Cornwall. On the international stage, they are woefully behind the times and unable to meet the instantaneous demands regarded as standard by the rest of the world.

"Drekkly" is all very quaint when you are on the outside looking in, but from the inside looking out, when you need to plan, commit and get something done, it is extremely painful.

Large companies are not likely to invest in a culture where "tea breaks", "overtime", and drekkly-ism exist. This does not market Cornwall well to the rest of the world, except tourists.

Therefore, it may be an idea to start ridiculing this within Cornwall, perhaps with a car stocker campaign:

KERNOW

WE DON'T DO DREKKLY

WE DO NOW!..................................