Roy Roebuck, journalist, barrister and Labour MP who formed Harold Wilson's 'Young Eagles' – obituary

Roy Roebuck, who has died aged 94, was a Fleet Street sub-editor who was briefly a Labour MP – and an outspoken supporter of Harold Wilson – before forsaking politics for the Bar.

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