Rogue giving a politician a bit of a scare (5)
I believe the answer is:
scamp
'rogue' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a politician a bit of a scare' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'politician' could be 'mp' (Member of Parliament) and 'mp' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'giving' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scamp that I've seen before include "Rogue - perform inadequately" , "Scallywag" , "little monkey" , "villain" , "Impish child" .)