Striking to bash current government (8)
I believe the answer is:
pounding
'striking' is the definition.
(I know that pounding is a type of blow)
'bash current government' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'current' could be 'in' ('in' can mean current or trendy) and 'in' is present in the answer.
'government' could be 'g' (abbreviation for government) and 'g' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pound' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pounding that I've seen before include "Beating" , "Delivering repeated heavy blows" , "Thumping" .)