Trials covering English politician creating storms (8)

I believe the answer is:

tempests

'storms' is the definition.
(tempest is a kind of storm)

'trials covering english politician' is the wordplay.
'trials' becomes 'tests' ('test' can be a synonym of 'trial').
'covering' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'politician' becomes 'mp'.
'e'+'mp'='emp'
'tests' placed around 'emp' is 'TEMPESTS'.

'creating' is the link.

(Another definition for tempests that I've seen is " Great storms".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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