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Jeremy Corbyn is 'planning' a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle in the New Year to purge his opponents Jeremy Corbyn is 'planning' a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle in the New Year to purge his opponents
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Jeremy Corbyn is planning to reshuffle his top team early in the New Year to purge the Shadow Cabinet of his fiercest critics, according to reports.Jeremy Corbyn is planning to reshuffle his top team early in the New Year to purge the Shadow Cabinet of his fiercest critics, according to reports.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn and Shadow Defence Secretary Maria Eagle are understood to be most at risk of being sacked by the Labour leader due to their outspoken opposition to Mr Corbyn's stance on bombing Syria. Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn and Shadow Defence Secretary Maria Eagle are understood to be most at risk of being sacked by the Labour leader due to their outspoken opposition to Mr Corbyn's stance on bombing Syria. 
Rosie Winterton, Labour's chief whip who played a pivotal role in persuading Mr Corbyn of the need to include MPs from all sides of the party on his frontbench, is also believed to be under threat.Rosie Winterton, Labour's chief whip who played a pivotal role in persuading Mr Corbyn of the need to include MPs from all sides of the party on his frontbench, is also believed to be under threat.
She was accused of overplaying the number of pro-bombing members of the Shadow Cabinet that led to Mr Corbyn giving them a free vote on Syria air strikes earlier this month. She was accused of overplaying the number of pro-bombing members of the Shadow Cabinet that led to Mr Corbyn giving them a free vote on Syria air strikes earlier this month. 
In the end a majority of the Shadow Cabinet opposed the Government's plans to launch air strikes against Isis in Syria, while 11 approved. In the end a majority of the Shadow Cabinet opposed the Government's plans to launch air strikes against Isis in Syria, while 11 approved. 
According to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Corbyn and his team will spend the two-week Christmas break planning how to reorganise the Shadow Cabinet after becoming fed up with the growing number of senior figures publicly criticising and contradicting their leader. According to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Corbyn and his team will spend the two-week Christmas break planning how to reorganise the Shadow Cabinet after becoming fed up with the growing number of senior figures publicly criticising and contradicting their leader. 
A source told the newspaper: "You need people out there saying the same thing."A source told the newspaper: "You need people out there saying the same thing."
The new team could be revealed next month, allowing Mr Corbyn to install allies in preparation for key votes over issues such as Trident that are set to deepen divisions within the Labour party in 2016.The new team could be revealed next month, allowing Mr Corbyn to install allies in preparation for key votes over issues such as Trident that are set to deepen divisions within the Labour party in 2016.
True. In a speech made to the Stop the War Coalition in 2009, Mr Corbyn called representatives from both groups “friends” after inviting them to Parliament. He later told Channel 4 he wanted both groups, who have factions designated as international terror organisations, to be “part of the debate” for the Middle East peace process. “I use (the word ‘friends’) in a collective way, saying our friends are prepared to talk,” he added. “Does it mean I agree with Hamas and what it does? No. Does it mean I agree with Hezbollah and what they do? No.”
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Partly false. David Cameron used this as a line of attack at the Conservative Party conference but appears to have left out all context from Mr Corbyn’s original remarks. In an 2011 interview on Iranian television, the then-backbencher said the fact the al-Qaeda leader was not put on trial was the tragedy, continuing: “The World Trade Center was a tragedy, the attack on Afghanistan was a tragedy, the war in Iraq was a tragedy.”
False. A Daily Express exposé revealed that the Labour leader’s ancestor, James Sargent, was the “despotic” master of a Victorian workhouse. Addressing the report at the Labour conference, Mr Corbyn said he had never heard of him before, adding: “I want to take this opportunity to apologise for not doing the decent thing and going back in time and having a chat with him about his appalling behaviour.”
This one is true. On 21 May 2004, Mr Corbyn raised an early day motion entitled “pigeon bombs”, proposing that the House register being “appalled but barely surprised” that MI5 reportedly proposed to load pigeons with explosives as a weapon. The motion continued: “The House… believes that humans represent the most obscene, perverted, cruel, uncivilised and lethal species ever to inhabit the planet and looks forward to the day when the inevitable asteroid slams into the earth and wipes them out thus giving nature the opportunity to start again.” It was not carried.
False. A report in The Times referred to Mr Corbyn, known for his cycling, riding a “Chairman Mao-style bicycle” earlier this year. “Less thorough journalists might have referred to it as just a bicycle, but no, so we have to conclude that whenever we see somebody on a bicycle from now on, there goes another supporter of Chairman Mao,” he later joked.
False so far. The Sun report in December was allegedly based on a “rumour” passed to the paper by a Daily Express columnist who has written pieces critical of the Labour leader in the past. The minister did not materialise in his shadow cabinet.
False. Another gem from The Sun took comments made at a Hiroshima remembrance parade in August 2012 where Mr Corbyn supported Costa Rica’s move to abolish it armed forces. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every politician around the world…abolished the army and took pride in the fact that they don’t have an army,” he added. The caveat that “every politician” must take the step suggests Mr Corbyn does not support UK disarmament just yet.
False. The Guido Fawkes blog claimed that the Labour leader took sandwiches meant for veterans at at Battle of Britain memorial service in September but a photo later emerged showing him being handed one by Costa volunteers, who later confirmed they were given to all guests.
True. After much speculation about Mr Corbyn’s republican views and willingness to bow to the monarch, his office confirmed that he did not attend the official induction to the privy council because of a prior engagement, but did not rule out joining the body.
Partly true. The Labour leader was filmed standing in silence as God Save the Queen was sung at a Battle of Britain remembrance service but will reportedly sing it in future. Mr Corbyn was elusive on the issue in an interview, saying he would show memorials “respect in the proper way”, but sources said he would sing the anthem at future occasions.
True. The group lists its purpose as the following: “To increase awareness of issues surrounding the dairy industry and focus on economic issues affecting the dairy industry and producers.”
Mr Corbyn's spokesman told The Independent that they were not commenting on the story. Mr Corbyn's spokesman told The Independent that they were not commenting on the story. 
Removing Mr Benn would be a big statement by Mr Corbyn and would signal an end to the concillitary approach he took when first forming his Shadow Cabinet in September. Removing Mr Benn would be a big statement by Mr Corbyn and would signal an end to the concillitary approach he took when first forming his Shadow Cabinet in September. 
The pair clashed over the Syria vote, with Mr Benn making a powerful speech in favour of air strikes to end the 10-hour debate, which was cheered by Tory MPs and described by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as "one of the great speeches" in House of Commons history. The pair clashed over the Syria vote, with Mr Benn making a powerful speech in favour of air strikes to end the 10-hour debate, which was cheered by Tory MPs and described by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as "one of the great speeches" in House of Commons history. 
Aides to Mr Corbyn believe Mr Corbyn's opposition to the air strikes proved he represents the views of party members but is being blocked from making them party policy by several Shadow Cabinet opponents. Aides to Mr Corbyn believe Mr Corbyn's opposition to the air strikes proved he represents the views of party members but is being blocked from making them party policy by several Shadow Cabinet opponents. 
Some have described the relationship between Mr Corbyn and Mr Benn as beyond repair, but sacking him would cause an uproar among moderate Labour MPs and would be interpreted as a sign that Mr Corbyn is intent on  ramming through his radical left-wing agenda. Some have described the relationship between Mr Corbyn and Mr Benn as beyond repair, but sacking him would cause an uproar among moderate Labour MPs and would be interpreted as a sign that Mr Corbyn is intent on  ramming through his radical left-wing agenda.