A fifth of the Senedd backs PARC!

 … As 12 Members of the Senedd have now backed the new statement of opinion recognising the significant level of public opposition to DARC, and calling for a Welsh Government commission!

The statement of opinion (live now online) reads:

‘This Senedd 

1. Notes: 

a) the opposition by Pembrokeshire residents to the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) proposal by the Ministry of Defence;

b) concerns regarding the visual and tourism impact of 27 large radar dishes in view of a coastal national park of significant UK importance and national heritage in nearby St Davids;

c) concerns regarding unaddressed health risks and regional security implications; and

d) the petition of 16,000 signatures against the proposal.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to commission an authoritative impact assessment of the plan to better inform residents and decision-makers’

Currently supporting the statement: Cefin Campbell (Plaid Cymru), Jane Dodds (Welsh Liberal Democrats), Luke Fletcher (Plaid Cymru), Heledd Fychan (Plaid Cymru), Peredur Owen Griffiths (Plaid Cymru), Siân Gwenllian (Plaid Cymru), Mabon ap Gwynfor (Plaid Cymru), Mike Hedges (Welsh Labour), Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru), Rhys ab Owen (Independent), Jenny Rathbone (Welsh Labour), Sioned Williams (Plaid Cymru)

 And so the politics seriously kicks off, with now cross-party, representative-level support from three parties: Welsh Labour, Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Liberal Democrats!

 With the statement of opinion only just tabled, this is a massive step forward for the campaign—but the ball is only just getting rolling. Our next move is to start a big push to get many more MSs (with a particular focus on Welsh Labour) to subscribe to this statement of opinion—and here’s where you come in.

 Our lobbying page now includes a lightning-fast one-click way for us to all write to all MSs in the Senedd, and ask them to subscribe to this important statement.Doing so is not only easy: it’s an important step that will all be part of the kind of public pressure that makes a key difference—and it can take just seconds! Let’s all go ahead and get sending…!

 (Don’t forget to follow all the instructions on the page, such as including your name, address and telephone number at the bottom of that email to Senedd Members when it pops up, and of course sharing your lobbying effort on social media with the handy downloadable image available on the page! A manual method of sending the emails is also included on the page if you have any issues—or feel free reply to this email if you need a hand!)

 The media hype train shows no sign of stopping too, with not only another full houseof great articles in the BBC, Morning Star, Pembrokeshire Herald, Western Telegraph, Tivyside Advertiser, Pembrokeshire Online, Pure West Radio, The Tenby Observer and The Canary (plus even more crackers from Cambrian Newsand the Herald), but a pretty amazing grand total number of PARC-positive articles building out there. Stay tuned for more on the story!

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Let’s get out there, rock that PARC chic, and keep the campaign on everyone’s lips wherever we go!

 And don’t forget—email those MSs, while it’s fresh on your mind!

Thank you all for every effort, small or large, that you’re able to take to help keep pushing the campaign forward. Until the next one!

 The PARC Against DARC team