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Get really angry about British Labour leader's bungling attempt (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fumble

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'bungling attempt' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'get really angry about british labour leader's' is the wordplay.
'get really angry' becomes 'fume' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'labour leader' becomes 'l' (the leading letter of 'labour').
'b'+'l'='bl'
'fume' going around 'bl' is 'FUMBLE'.

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(Other definitions for fumble that I've seen before include "Handle awkwardly, grope about" , "Touch or handle clumsily, perhaps in pocket" , "Mishandle" , "Use the hands clumsily" , "Grope around" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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