The UK government should stop working with the US on a deep space radar station because Donald Trump has shown “contempt for our country”, Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan has said.
The first minister threatened to cause a row within Labour by asking her colleagues in Westminster to “halt” plans to put 27 radar dishes at Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire.
The local labour MP said he was concerned that Morgan apparently did not want the jobs promised by the scheme, while Downing Street declined to say if the prime minister agreed with her.
A No 10 spokesperson said the programme “will secure long-term jobs in Pembrokeshire and Wales, and help protect essential satellite communication”.
The site is in the Ceredigion Penfro constituency where Morgan is Labour’s lead candidate for the Senedd election on 7 May.
Plaid Cymru accused Morgan of trying a “last ditch attempt” to save her seat while Reform said she was trying to distract from her record in government.
The Welsh Conservatives alleged Morgan was willing to put the UK’s national security at risk.
