Keeps nursing old leader of French general legislature (5,2,7)
I believe the answer is:
house of commons
'keeps nursing old leader' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'french general legislature' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'french' could be 'f' and 'f' is found in the answer.
'general' could be 'common' (I've seen this before) and 'common' is found within the answer.
'legislature' could be 'house' (house is a kind of legislature) and 'house' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'os' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for house of commons that I've seen is " One chamber of Parliament".)