Dave Roberts Articles

The NHS reforms will lead to a loss in public accountability of the service. While there is talk about the importance of engagement with patients in decisions about their own healthcare, there is very little thought being given to how GP consortia will be accountable to the public.

The Labour party should loudly make the case for the ‘good society’ as a viable alternative to the Tory ‘big society’.

The by-election victory in Oldham East and Saddleworth has provided a welcome boost for the Labour party and for Ed Miliband’s leadership. As ever with by-elections, pundits are poring over it for evidence of long-term political trends. But how much can you genuinely learn from one, solitary election?

Looking back on the US midterms in south Florida, Dave Roberts reports on what Obama may do next, and reminds British readers that it is in the money and paid staff, rather than volunteers that US campaigns differ from their UK counterparts