### Clue: Politician dismissing case of rabble (4)
### Answer: HOWE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Politician
 "shower"(slang for a group of people considered worthless or incompetent, which might describe a rabble/a crowd of people regarded as inferior) **minus ****its 1st and last letters**(dismissing case of …).
Answer: Geoffrey, former British Conservative politician.