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Pembrokeshire based Jerome Flynn - famous for his roles in Soldier Soldier and Game Of Thrones has publicly spoken out against the proposed US military DARC Radar from being built at Cawdor Barracks.
This comes after Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan recently called for a ‘pause’ to the project while Trump leads in the US, but did not call for an outright stop to it.
Flynn, who lives on the Pembrokeshire coast within a few miles from the proposed radar site entered the fray surrounding the controversial DARC Radar via a social media video released on Tuesday, May 5 just two days before Welsh voters go to the polls to decide the political make-up of the next Welsh Government.
In the video Flynn describes voting in the upcoming Senedd election as: “probably the most crucial vote we’ve made in 25 years” - explaining that whoever gets into the Senedd will have the power to block DARC Radar, referring to the project as:“The most unspeakably abominable planning application led by the US military, backed by Donald Trump to place 27 radar dishes right on the edge of our beloved coastal national park”
The Game Of Thrones star is known for speaking out on matters of ecology and the environment and has previously thrown his weight behind the campaign to devolve the Crown Estate in Wales. In his video released on the official campaigns Facebook page,
Flynn refers to St Davids as “the spiritual home of Wales” and expressed his belief that DARC radar is not a ‘done deal’ as some are saying, encouraging both local and Welsh voters to take meaningful action by voting for the only two parties who have pledged to stop DARC, saying: “I’m here to say, it’s not a done deal because Plaid Cymru and the Greens have both made party-led decisions to say no to Westminster. We’re not having such a thing on our beloved coast.”
Flynn concluded his video with a powerful call to action with the words:“Vote with your heart because we can make a difference here, we could put in a government that cares about our land, our people and our environment, thank you.”
The MOD has submitted their planning application for the US Radar to Pembrokeshire County Council and the application is currently open to the public for objections or comments to be submitted during the publicity phase which will expire on May 20.
PARC Against DARC, the campaign which was set up in 2024 to oppose DARC radar welcomed the local celebrity’s comments and say they have been very busy in the last few weeks delivering 22,000 leaflets around the Pembrokeshire area which convey a very similar message.

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00:00Hello there. I'm Jerome Flynn and I've been blessed enough to be able to call Pembrokeshire
00:06my home for the last 25 years. And I stand here on the eve of a local election which I
00:13and many
00:13others consider to be probably the most crucial vote we've made in the last 25 years and beyond.
00:20Why? Because whoever we vote into power, whoever gets into the Senate, has the power
00:28to block the most unspeakably abominable planning application, led by the U.S. military,
00:36backed by Donald Trump, to place 27 radar dishes right on the edge of our beloved coastal national
00:44park, the only coastal national park in this country. You've got the gateway to St David's,
00:53the spiritual home of Wales and so precious to these islands. This plan
01:01goes against everything that this sacred peninsula stands for.
01:08Now, when I got, I'd been away for a couple of months and returned in March.
01:14And when I spoke to people, it was as if it was a done deal. There's nothing we could do.
01:24And I'm
01:31not having such a thing on our beloved coast. It's not what we want. It's not what the people want.
01:40It's certainly not what the land and the environment wants.
01:45The beauty of this coast is renowned worldwide. The effect that it would have on the tourist industry
01:55alone is unthinkable. What sort of message does that send out to those that come here for the same
02:04reasons that my family fell in love with this area over 50 years ago? Because we felt like we were
02:11returning
02:12to a place where something was still held in the culture, some kinship and appreciation of the kinship
02:21with life, appreciation of community and environment and the values that our patron saints St David's would have had.
02:34So, I'm here to say it's not a done deal. Vote with your heart, because we can make a difference
02:43here.
02:44We could put in a government that cares about our land, our people and our environment. Thank you.
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