Second thoughts about Tory party and dole (15)
I believe the answer is:
reconsideration
'second thoughts' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'about tory party and dole' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 're' (regarding) and 're' is present in the answer.
'tory' could be 'con' (abbreviation for Conservative) and 'con' is located in the answer.
'party' could be 'side' (I've seen this before) and 'side' is found in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ratio' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reconsideration that I've seen before include "Taking new direction" , "Act of rethinking" , "Fresh thinking required" , "Review of a decision" .)