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Fawning follower following party in power (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dominion

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'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.

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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