Possible Clues:

• Something to brighten up a living room?
• Domestic light on a pole
• Don't sit down on a street for the foreign Welsh politician - it'll be used to turn the spotlight on what one is doing
• Flag approaching mile in circuit? That's illuminating
• Slender structure offering light support
• Lighting item
• Tall movable light
• Light that acts as a yardstick for others?
• Highlight for model Californian politician?
• Tall, portable light