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Parliament's not wanting Liberal to make stand (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dais

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

'parliament's not wanting liberal' is the wordplay.
'parliament's' becomes 'dails' (I've seen this in other clues).
'not wanting' is a deletion indicator.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'dails' with 'l' removed is 'DAIS'.

'to make' is the link.

(Other definitions for dais that I've seen before include "Speaker's raised platform" , "Piece of old cloth" , "Said to be a low platform" , "stand" , "stands on this?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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