The ads are the main reason I record a lot of programmes - can then zoom through the cruises, funeral plans, how to buy a car the noo! way, etc.
As for politicians talking too much, John Prescott was IMO the master of this - he could keep going like a bulldozer, scarcely pausing to draw breath so that no interviewer got a chance to interrupt. You had to admire his technique!
Many of the others have perfected the art of slithering around the question like an oiled snake - I often wonder whether they’re given a course in How To Keep Going Without Answering The Question.