Dick Cole is quitting Mebyon Kernow, which campaigns for greater self-rule for Cornwall, after 29 years at the helm

There will be no great fanfare when Dick Cole steps down as party leader in a few days’ time.

“We’ll have an official handover at our party conference,” Cole said. “Hopefully it will be a nice event. We’ll go to the pub afterwards and have a few beers. I expect I’ll breathe a big sigh of relief.”