Political party rhetoric in this workroom (10)
I believe the answer is:
laboratory
'this workroom' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'political party rhetoric' is the wordplay.
'political party' becomes 'lab' (abbreviation for Labour Party).
'rhetoric' becomes 'oratory' (both can mean formal speech).
'lab'+'oratory'='LABORATORY'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for laboratory that I've seen before include "Where litmus paper could be" , "Where one investigates" , "Place for experimentation" , "Experimental area" , "Place of scientific research" .)