>> So who "really" runs the Country? 11 old geriatrics of the Judiciary or Parliament? -
Let's knock 'geriatric' on the head. In proper usage it refers to (usually) medical etc considerations for those who are suffering from age related medical conditions. While there's no fixed age it usually refers to those over 75.
Colloquially/informally it might mean decrepit, old or outdated.
Baroness Hale is nearly 75 and will have to retire when she hits that milestone. That's been the law since 1959 - no judge may sit beyond that age. The normal retirement age now, since 1993 is 70 but the Lord Chancellor can approve individual judges continuing until the absolute deadline of 75. I think in Brenda Hales' case she can stay until 75 because she was first appointed to bench before 1993.
As Boris was quite clear, at least until yesterday that prorogation was nothing to do with Brexit I'm not sure why the 17.5 million is a clincher.
Boris is trying to deliver on Brexit for his own reasons - his credibility with the members of his own party. If he was serious about delivering Brexit he could have voted for May's deal and we'd have left by now.
It's the ultimate irony that the leave brigade blame 'remoaners' for us not having left when it was their very own ERG that blocked it months ago.
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