Man getting sack, as if Mrs Thatcher could be bothered (6,9)
I believe the answer is:
father christmas
'man getting sack' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'if mrs thatcher could be bothered' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates an anagram.
'bothered' becomes 'as' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'if'+'mrs'+'thatcher'='ifmrsthatcher'
'ifmrsthatcher' is an anagram of 'fatherchristm'.
'fatherchristm'+'as'='FATHER CHRISTMAS'
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for father christmas that I've seen before include "late December he's busy" , "Santa!" , "he'll be sacked" , "present supremo" , "man with gifts" .)