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Who determines this "neutral" committee? If you don't think it is political, you are deluding yourself.The applicants are selected by a neutral committee rather than by a political choice in the UK.
There's a completely different ideal about the UK supreme court than the US version as it's very low key and about pure law rather than theatre.
While the UK version has the same name they aren't the political football the US version is and it was designed to be apolitical.
One party can't stack the deck and it isn't about political point-scoring.
One party can only "stack the deck" in the US if that party has a super-majority in the Senate and control of the White House. That would very effectively eliminate any opposition with regard to judicial appointments.
Despite all their bluster and talk about "stacking the court" you don't see the Democratic Party making changes to the Supreme Court. They never could as long as the filibuster exists and they have fewer than a super-majority in the House and Senate. As usual, Democrats act like two year old petulant children that throw tantrums whenever they can't get their way, but in the end they are completely meaningless.