Politician looking to the left in Qatar, comedian (8)
I believe the answer is:
democrat
'politician' is the definition.
(Democrat is an example)
'looking to the left in qatar comedian' is the wordplay.
'looking to the left' is a reversal indicator (letters written right to left).
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'tarcomed' can be found hidden inside 'qatar comedian'.
'tarcomed' reversed gives 'DEMOCRAT'.
(Other definitions for democrat that I've seen before include "Believer in government of, for and by the people" , "Believer in popular government" , "One who believes in government by the whole people" , "Person who believes in government by and for the people" , "Political type" .)