Salt firm regret backing foe of Farage (8)
I believe the answer is:
eurocrat
'foe of farage' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'salt firm regret backing' is the wordplay.
'salt' becomes 'tar' (both can informally mean a sailor).
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'regret' becomes 'rue' (synonyms).
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'tar'+'co'+'rue'='tarcorue'
'tarcorue' in reverse letter order is 'EUROCRAT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eurocrat that I've seen before include "Brussels mandarin" , "Brussels employee" , "Brussels administrator" , "Brussels official - our trace (anag)" , "Brussels functionary" .)