[1] It was edited by (among others) Graham Bash, Chris Knight and Keith Veness and counted Ken Livingstone, Tony Benn and other prominent Labour councillors and MPs among its supporters.
[2] In a 1982 article published by The Economist, Corbyn was named as "Briefing's general secretary figure",[3] as he also was in a profile on Corbyn compiled by parliamentary biographer Andrew Roth in 2004,[4][5] which alleges that he joined the editorial board as General Secretary in 1979.
[6] Michael Crick, in the 2016 edition of his book Militant, says that Corbyn was "a member of the editorial board" in the "mid 1980s",[7] as does Lansley, Goss and Wolmar's The Rise and Fall of the Municipal Left in 1989.
"[5] The group campaigned for left-wing policies and greater democracy in the Labour Party, and focused on issues relating to municipal affairs.
London Labour Briefing was also prominent in supporting Irish Republicanism and the UK miners' strike of 1984–1985.
In December 1984, the magazine carried a reader's letter praising the "audacity" of the IRA attack and stating: "What do you call four dead Tories?
[11] The same issue carried a piece from the editorial board which "disassociated itself" from an article the previous month criticising the bombing, saying the criticism was a "serious political misjudgment".