Possible Clues:

• Remote island sold tea to be drunk
• One severely criticised about nothing, abandoned by supporters
• All by oneself
• Aide lost out in the middle of nowhere
• One criticised harshly over nothing is hard to find
• It's hard to find one criticised harshly over nothing
• One meets very tardy daughter, standing apart
• Scares off leaders and others turning up in the papers for one of those lonely types
• Out-of-the-way
• Tristan's inamorata, energy spent, had dinner in alone