Former vice president wants Spain to condemn Smith's rules (10)

I believe the answer is:

algorithms

'rules' is the definition.
(algorithm is a kind of rule)

'former vice president wants spain to condemn smith's' is the wordplay.
'former vice president' becomes 'algore'.
'wants' indicates named letters should be taken away ('want' can mean 'lack').
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'to condemn' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'condemned' mean this).
'algore' with 'e' taken away is 'algor'.
'smith' anagrammed gives 'ithms'.
'algor'+'ithms'='ALGORITHMS'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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