Without leader, more silly people lead the way (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
after you
'without leader more silly people lead' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'way' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right) and 'r' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for after you that I've seen before include "Yielding statement" , "I'll follow" .)