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Re: [Update] Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour Leadership
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JEREMY Corbyn has avoided kneeling before the Queen by refusing to be sworn in to the Privy Council today.
The republican Labour leader could also use a loophole to join the advisory body without ever meeting Her Majesty.
New Privy Councillors usually kneel before the Queen and kiss her hand while swearing an oath of allegiance.
But Corbyn could use a mechanism called an Order in Council to be appointed without being present. He will have to confirm that he had taken the oath, but would get out of kneeling.
That would make him the first Opposition leader to refuse to be sworn in in the presence of the monarch.
Orders in Council are usually used only for members based abroad.
Corbyn has never met the Queen. And it has been reported he tried to dodge the issue by saying he could not attend the meeting due to unspecified “prior engagements”.
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Carry on Corbyn. 
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History is much like an endless waltz: The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
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