Cornish Festival Of Darkie Day (EDM1317)

Cornish Festival Of Darkie Day

EDM number 1317 in 2005-06, proposed by Diane Abbott on 09/01/2006.

That this House notes with great relief the decision finally to abolish the century-old Cornish festival of Darkie Day where locals traditionally black-up with charcoal, wear Afro-wigs and perform minstrel songs; is not satisfied however that the decision of some locals to go ahead with the event merely replacing the word `nigger' with `mummer' in the traditional songs is sufficient for curbing incitement of racial hatred; further notes with concern that the event is still being advertised as a tourist attraction by the website Cornish Light; and calls on the Government to discourage any repeat of this event.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Diane Abbott	09/01/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Proposed
Alan Meale	10/01/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	10/01/2006	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Paul Keetch	10/01/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Rudi Vis	10/01/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	10/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	10/01/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	11/01/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	11/01/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/01/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	11/01/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	12/01/2006	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	12/01/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/01/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	16/01/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	16/01/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/01/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	17/01/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Piara S Khabra	18/01/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	18/01/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/01/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	23/01/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed

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