At the CPAC London conference, someone fell asleep behind my colleague

As one journalist quipped to me: "Couldn't run the country and can't run a conference."The event was held in North Greenwich You might remember him as being among the main pushers of the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory (if you don't, I'll let you Google that one).A few people at CPAC told me they felt the fringe nature of some sessions took away from what could have been, in several cases, constructive conversations.For example, Ellie Reynolds, a survivor of child sexual abuse at the hands of Britain's so-called grooming gangs, was among those speaking on Saturday.Topical political issues like the UK's cost-of-living crisis, levels of migration and the education system were key themes across the two and a half days.After Hanson's speech, it was my job to wait outside the VIP room and ask her questions in case she emerged