The Spectator

Barometer | 29 December 2016

Also in Barometer: dull landmark cases at the Supreme Court, middle incomes, and trials of the very old

issue 31 December 2016

Supremely exciting

The nation awaits with bated breath the decision of the Supreme Court on whether the government can exercise Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without parliamentary approval. This is more exciting than the first day of the US Supreme Court in 1791, when six judges sat around all day waiting for a case.

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