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Rubbish a politician’s spinning (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rotatory

'spinning' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rubbish a politician's' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (I've seen this before).
'politician' becomes 'tory' (I've seen this before).
'rot'+'a'+'tory'='ROTATORY'

(Other definitions for rotatory that I've seen before include "Associated with spinning" , "Going round" , "circular route?" , "Turning like a wheel" , "Revolutionary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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