Rubbish a politician presents going the rounds (8)

I believe the answer is:

rotatory

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'going the rounds' is the definition.
'rotatory' can be an answer for 'going' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'the rounds' bit.

'rubbish a politician' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (both can mean nonsense).
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'rot'+'a'+'tory'='ROTATORY'

'presents' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rotatory that I've seen before include "Associated with spinning" , "Revolutionary" , "Revolving about an axis" , "Going round" , "circular route?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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