Leader of Tories ready for nonsense (5)
I believe the answer is:
tripe
'nonsense' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'leader of tories ready' is the wordplay.
'leader of' suggests taking the first letters.
'ready' becomes 'ripe' ('ripe' can be similar in meaning to 'ready'**).
The initial letter of 'tories' is 't'.
't'+'ripe'='TRIPE'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for tripe that I've seen before include "Rubbish (edible, maybe)" , "Stomach for consumption; nonsense" , "Ox stomach as food - it's nonsense" , "Ruminant's stomach lining" , "What some northerners eat" .)