| COMMUNISTS | Wang Jingwei left Chinese politics for Japan after disagreements with members of this political party |
| WANG | -- Jingwei, 1883-1944, Chinese politician, an associate of Sun Yat-sen (4) |
| BROWSER | Safari for one brother involves disagreements with sweetheart (7) |
| MAKINGUP | Invention coming together again after disagreement (6,2) |
| APGOV | High-level high school course focused on politics, for short |
| JOKECANDIDATE | Someone who's joining politics for a bit? |
| MAKO | Chairman of Chinese politics |
| ENLAI | Name in Chinese politics |
| SUSANSONTAG | Benjamin Moser won a Pulitzer for his biography of this political activist, who died in 2018 |
| ANC | The Youth League of this political party was formed in 1944 led by Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu an |
| IMPERIALMAJESTY | Form of address for Empress Michiko of Japan, after "Her" |
| YOKOHAMA | With a population of 3.7 million, the second-largest city in Japan after Tokyo (8) |
| PRACTISES | Rehearses first part of play with members of press turning out |
| IRA | After a series of bomb outrages in major British cities, police began rounding up members of this Ir |
| FUGU | Pufferfish eaten as a delicacy in Japan after the removal of its toxic parts by a trained chef (4) |
| DOUGLAS | Lincoln had a series of debates in 1858 with this political rival |
| PATTYHEARST | American heiress, convicted of committing bank robbery with members of the group that had kidnapped her (5,6) |
| REALITYTV | A new sort of try at live broadcast with members of the public in tricky situations (7,2) |
| VOXPOP | Term for interviews with members of the public on a radio or television programme |
| LASKI | Writer and broadcaster Marghanita and political scientist Harold were members of this Anglo-Jewish family (5) |