### Clue: Politician involved in smear goes to earth in usual hangout (8,6)
### Answer: STAMPING GROUND 
 ### Explanation: Definition: usual hangout
  MP(abbrev. for Member of Parliament,politician) **contained in**(involved in) STAIN(smear) **plus**(goes to) GROUND(the earth below you).  I could be missing something (eg. "g" as an abbrev. for "goes"), but if not, there isn't an indication for the first "g" in the answer.