Tribune
 Tribune    | |
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| Motto | This is my truth. Tell me yours |
| Formation | 1937 |
| Founder | • Stafford Cripps • George Straus |
Tribune was a democratic socialist fortnightly magazine, founded in 1937 and published in London. It was independent but usually supported the Labour Party from the left. It appeared fortnightly as a magazine, and appears online, under Aneurin Bevan's motto, "This is my truth. Tell me yours".
Publication of the print version was suspended on 14 January 2018 for "a short break".
Publication continued online at www.tribunemagazine.org[1]
Tribune Group of MPs
The Tribune Group of Labour MPs was formed as a support group for the newspaper in 1964. During the 1960s and 1970s it was the main forum for the left in the Parliamentary Labour Party, but it split over Tony Benn's bid for the deputy leadership of the party in 1981, with Benn's supporters forming the Campaign Group (later the Socialist Campaign Group). During the 1980s, the Tribune Group was the Labour soft left's political caucus, but its closeness to the leadership of Neil Kinnock meant that it had lost any real raison d'etre by the early 1990s. It ceased to promote a list of candidates for Shadow Cabinet elections.[2]
The Tribune Group was reformed in 2005, led by Clive Efford, MP for Eltham. Invitations to join the newly reformed group were extended to backbench Labour MPs only.[3] The group, which included former cabinet minister Yvette Cooper and former Labour policy coordinator Jon Cruddas, relaunched themselves in April 2017 aiming to reconnect with traditional Labour voters while also appealing to the centre ground. They supported "opportunity and aspiration" being central to the party’s programme, with policies supporting the "security of its people at its heart". While not critical of leader Jeremy Corbyn, it was considered as a group of centre-left and moderate Labour MPs who would resist a left-wing successor being selected.[4] The group has no connection with the current incarnation of Tribune magazine. In 2018 it listed more than 70 MPs as members, including Jonathan Ashworth, Yvette Cooper, Anneliese Dodds, Nia Griffith, John Healey, Stephen Kinnock, Tony Lloyd, Jim McMahon, Ed Miliband, Ian Murray, Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer and Nick Thomas-Symonds.[5]
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