Richard Harry 'Dick' Clements (11 October 1928 – 23 November 2006) was an English journalist and was editor of the left-wing weekly Tribune from 1961 to 1982. Early life Clements's father, Harry, was an osteopath. His mother, Sonia Edleman, was an American who had both Russian and Jewish forebears. Richard was their second son. His family were left-wing in their politics. His American uncle lobbied Congress on behalf of a trade union, his mother was a Tolstoyan anarchist and follower of Peter Kropotkin, and his father was a pacifist who had been imprisoned as a conscientious objector during the First World War. Clements was educated at King Alfred School, Hampstead, until the outbreak of the Second World War. His parents then sent him to live with his uncle in the United States, where he was enrolled at Western High School in Washington, DC. On his return to London he studied briefly at either the London School of Economics or the Regent Street Polytechnic. He completed his National Service in the Merchant Navy, as an apprentice, choosing that instead of carrying a gun. Career Journalism Clements began his career in journalism in 1949 when he joined the Middlesex Independent newspaper. In 1951 he moved to the Leicester Mercury. It was during this time period that he became friends with one of the local MPs, Herbert Bowden, who would later become chairman of ITV. In 1953 he became editor of Socialist Advance, the Labour Party's youth paper. Clements worked briefly for the Daily Herald before joining Tribune in 1956 as a reporter. There Clements gained experience in a number of areas in addition to straight reporting including page layout and copy editing. He was also involved in organising the Tribune rallies at Labour party conferences. In 1959 his book, Glory Without Power, an examination of trade unions, was published. According to Michael Foot, Clements suggested Tribune adopt the slogan "The paper that leads the anti-H bomb campaign" in its masthead (a newspaper feature known internationally as a nameplate); Nye Bevan regarded this as "a calculated affront to himself", Clements having previously leaked the details of heated discussions involving Bevan, Jennie Lee (Bevan's wife) and Foot over which political position the Labour party should take regarding the nuclear bomb. Clements became editor of the Tribune in 1961, aged 33. Clements was known for being less than reverent in his reporting of disputes between