Title: Jeremy Corbyn to announce rail nationalisation plan | Jeremy Corbyn | The Guardian
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Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn to announce rail nationalisation plan
Rowena Mason Political correspondent
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Content: However, he is facing the possibility of his first rebellion over the issue of whether the UK joins airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria. The Sunday Times reported (paywall) that up to half of the shadow cabinet were likely to be in favour of action when the prime minister puts his proposal to a Commons vote. This is not likely to happen until after party conferences and only then if the prime minister thinks he can win the vote. Modern capitalism needs an opponent. It needs Jeremy Corbyn
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Corbyn was again given a hard time in the Sunday press, with the Telegraph writing that the Stop the War Coalition, from which he was stepping down as chairman, had a poem on its website which the newspaper suggested was insulting to the Queen. The Mail on Sundaysaid Labour London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan had “savaged” Corbyn’s policies after Khan said it was unwise for the leader not to have sung the national anthem and argued his party had to make sure it did not come across as anti-Jewish. The Sunday Express even dug out a story about a remote ancestor of Corbyn having allegedly run a workhouse. In an interview with the Observer, John McDonnell, the new shadow chancellor, said both he and Corbyn knew they would be hit with a “tsunami” of negative press attention but believed they could withstand it. Earlier this week, McDonnell apologised for having said in 2003 that IRA members should be honoured. The Conservatives wasted no time in expressing opposition to the idea of renationalisation, which polls have shown is popular with the public.