Conservatives exposed Liberal - you can see through it (5)
I believe the answer is:
oriel
'can see through it' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'conservatives exposed liberal' is the wordplay.
'conservatives' becomes 'Tories' (informal term for the Conservative Party).
'exposed' says to take the centre (the inside of the word is exposed).
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
The middle of 'tories' is 'orie'.
'orie'+'l'='ORIEL'
'you' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oriel that I've seen before include "Overhanging recess (window)" , "Recessed bay window" , "Upper room window" , "This window projects from upper storey" , "polygonal recess" .)