Reportedly see a politician in viewing platform (11)
I believe the answer is:
observatory
'viewing platform' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'reportedly see a politician' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'see' could be 'v' (short for 'vide', Latin meaning 'see elsewhere') and 'v' is found within the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'politician' could be 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician) and 'tory' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for observatory that I've seen before include "Astronomy centre" , "Building housing a large telescope" , "E.g. Jodrell Bank" , "Where wise men scan the heavens" , "Building equipped to view the heavens" .)