DARC Matters – 13 – Political Opposition
PARC Against DARC has been stepping up its campaign against plans for a space radar station (DARC) on the St Davids peninsula (see previous articles in our series DARC Matters). It claims that 37 elected parliamentary politicians now oppose DARC radar – “across the UK Parliament and the Senedd, five major parties and multiple Independents”.
It says it expects more politicians to give their support and adds: ‘Our lobbying page is now all tooled-up and ready to help you send an email to PARC’s huge hand-picked list of promising target MPs. Now’s the perfect time – head over to it, write from the heart to MPs about DARC (or use the draft email supplied) and let’s get lobbying.”
The campaign makes a point of accusing local Labour MP Henry Tufnell of “the usual fence-sitting, tacit support for the nightmarish DARC proposal” and “refusal to meet with us”.
A spokesperson for Mr Tufnell told Pembrokeshire.Online earlier this year that he notes any comments received on DARC and that he has “consistently called for the MoD to prioritise community engagement throughout all stages of the consultation process” and that he remains “in contact with the MoD and will ensure that…concerns are raised directly with them”.
In March we asked Mr Tufnell’s spokesperson specifically about the allegation that PARC Against DARC’s approaches to Mr Tufnell have been ignored. But we received no response. We also asked about the possibility of an interview with Mr Tufnell on the DARC issue but, again, at time of publication, there had been no response.
