Friendly ex-PM accommodating leader of Tories (4)

I believe the answer is:

maty

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'friendly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Another definition for maty that I've seen is " Friendly".)

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

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