Simon Cowell has been proposing a new programme which allows the public to debate and vote on important political issues, "in the style of the X Factor".
Is this workable? Watchable? Please let us know.
PS: Here is Cowell being interviewed on Newsnight discussing his ideas (plus his views on the war in Afghanistan and whether he would make "X Factor North Korea".
PPS: Here's The Guardian's view, comparing Cowell's ideas to the politics of Silvio Berlusconi.
