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Labour's new leader Jeremy Corbyn to face David Cameron for first time in British Parliament

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The leader of Britain's opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn, right, stands for the national anthem during the 75th anniversary Battle of Britain memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral in London, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. The Battle of Britain was an aerial battle in World War II between Allied air forces and the German Luftwaffe in the late summer and early autumn of 1940. (Pool Photo/via AP) (The Associated Press)

Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses the Trade Union Congress in Brighton, southern England, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (Rick Findler/PA Wire via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT (The Associated Press)

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday Sept. 16, 2015. The "prime minister's questions" session will give many Britons their first extended look at the veteran left-winger who became the Labour Party leader Saturday after a months-long campaign. (PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE (The Associated Press)

New Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faces his first head-to-head confrontation with Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain's Parliament.

The "prime minister's questions" session Wednesday will give many Britons their first extended look at the veteran left-winger who became the Labour Party leader Saturday after a months-long campaign.

He has already ruffled feathers by declining to sing the national anthem, "God Save the Queen," at a memorial event honoring the pilots who repelled Hitler's Luftwaffe during World War II. Corbyn does not support the monarchy.

Some of his appointments have also alienated parts of the Labour Party, which was soundly beaten by Cameron's Conservatives in a national election earlier this year.

The new leader wants the traditionally raucous prime minister's questions sessions to become more respectful and fact-based.