Piteous account of terrible boss meeting politician (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
sob story
'piteous account' is the definition.
'sob story' can be an answer for 'account' (sob story is a kind of account). I'm unsure of the 'piteous' bit.
'terrible boss meeting politician' is the wordplay.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'boss' is an anagram of 'sobs'.
'sobs'+'tory'='SOB-STORY'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sob story that I've seen before include "Account intended to arouse sympathy" , "Victim's tale?" , "tale of woe" , "unhappy tale" , "Tale to gain sympathy" .)