The austerity debate: time to think much bigger | Editorial

Halting the government's programme to shrink the state will not resolve the other underlying problems To get a sizable protest out in central London in the middle of rainy autumn is no easy feat. It requires mobilisation and a Glastonbury-esque grip on logistics. So for organising this weekend's rally against austerity in Hyde Park, the TUC deserves congratulations: around 150,000 marchers, peacefully opposing this government's wrong-headed programme of cuts. But there's a paradox here: the econ...