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A relation of a southern politician (5)

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I believe the answer is:

story

'a relation' is the definition.
(story is a kind of relation)

'a southern politician' is the wordplay.
'a southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
's'+'tory'='STORY'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for story that I've seen before include "Tale - lie" , "Narration" , "Account, tale" , "Narrative or account" , "Anecdote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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