Related Clues:

• Fruit item, perhaps bit of orange, eaten by the German folk hero
• One encouraging followers of Democrat to tweet in support
• Leader (from Hamelin?) who entices people to follow him to their doom
• Rat ridder
• Sort who entices others to follow
• Leading figure in folklore
• Charismatic leader
• Sheeran takes offence with support accommodating beguiling musician
• Dodgy leader, sanctimonious and English, getting ripped apart
• Maybe cobbler ripped off legendary rat-catcher?