There may be no tears for this politician (7)

I believe the answer is:

senator

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'this politician' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'there may be no tears' is the wordplay.
'no tears' can be anagrammed to 'SENATOR'.
However, I'm unsure how this is indicated.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for senator that I've seen before include "Governor" , "Member of government" , "Member of the Upper House of the US Congress" , "US representative" , "US politician" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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