Party conferences

I've been to lots of them in my time and they just became more and more predictable. I could have written a report in advance. So I gave up going. The best thing was that they were usually in seaside resorts and if I got bored I could nip out of the conference hall and sit on the beach for a while - I wasn't the only one doing that.

I don't bother listening to them. I pick up the key points on the news or online.