Fawning follower following party in power (8)
I believe the answer is:
dominion
'power' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'fawning follower following party' is the wordplay.
'fawning follower' becomes 'minion' (minion is a kind of follower. I am not sure about the 'fawning' bit.).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'minion' after 'do' is 'DOMINION'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dominion that I've seen before include "Jurisdiction" , "Territorial possession controlled by a ruling state" , "Authority to rule over and control people" , "Realm" , "power" .)