title: We may not like politics but we can't ignore it.
abstract: We have a letter from a reader this week that ends by saying 'most nurses have stopped listening to politicians. I know I have.' Now this set me thinking. As we reach the end of the party conference season, what have the politicians had to say for themselves and has it been worth listening to? Have they managed to engage people and communicate their vision, or have they just been making annoying white noise in the background as we have got on with our lives?