Hurry to spread a stupid scare about a politician (7)
I believe the answer is:
scamper
'hurry' is the definition.
(scamper is a kind of hurry)
'stupid scare about a politician' is the wordplay.
'stupid' is an anagram indicator (in a stupid order).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'a politician' becomes 'mp' (Member of Parliament).
'scare' is an anagram of 'scaer'.
'scaer' going around 'mp' is 'SCAMPER'.
'to spread a' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scamper that I've seen before include "Skip about briskly" , "Run about briskly" , "Run quickly and lightly" , "Run around" , "Scurry, scuttle" .)