Private rebuke? Conservative article untrue when reviewed (7,7)
I believe the answer is:
curtain lecture
'private rebuke?' is the definition.
(I know that curtain lecture is a type of private rebuke)
'conservative article untrue when reviewed' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'when reviewed' indicates an anagram (letters reviewed or revised).
'article'+'untrue'='articleuntrue'
'articleuntrue' is an anagram of 'urtainlecture'.
'c'+'urtainlecture'='CURTAIN LECTURE'
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