He holds the second-oldest public office in Britain after the queen. He presides as chairman of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, the highest court in the land, and can serve as a judge in almost any court. He sits as the speaker of the House of Lords, the upper chamber of Parliament. As if that were not enough, he is also one of the most senior ministers in the British cabinet, who chooses all the country's judges and all the Queen's Counsels, the legal profession's much-coveted badge of eminence. Oh, and one other thing: he wants your money.
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