Labour faces first election test under leftist leader

By Lisa Barrington OLDHAM, England (Reuters) - While Britain's main opposition Labour Party debates the merits of launching air strikes on Syria, another battlefield has opened up closer to home -- a local election in Oldham in northern England. On Thursday, residents of this former industrial town outside Manchester will be the first voters in Britain to give their verdict on Labour's new leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who has split the party by pushing a hard-left agenda. The party's local candidate h