PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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The announcement of a new power line reveals a lot about the government’s energy policy, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
PLANNING NEEDED: The sun sets behind Burbo Bank wind far, and Another Place, an art installation by Anthony Gormley, at Crosby Beach in Merseyside in north-west England
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
ON MONDAY, the government announced that it will build a new power line to connect Britain to the Netherlands.
The gigantic network of electricity cables, dubbed the LionLink, will link wind farms in the North Sea to both countries, allowing 1.8GW of electricity to be moved between them at any one time.
Putting wind farms in the North Sea is an attractive prospect: it is windy, the sea is shallow and, unlike onshore wind farms, there are no residents who may object to them.
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