Stand often taken by political speakers (8)
I believe the answer is:
platform
'stand' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'often taken by political speakers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for platform that I've seen before include "Part of Victoria" , "Stand (taken by speakers?)" , "Raised dais" , "There's a place for the train" , "soapbox" .)