Simon Cowell has reportedly expressed an interest in staging a political debate between Gordon Brown and David Cameron, in the style of The X Factor.

The X Factor judge has said that he would make the debate “fun” with music and “loads of spotlights”.

He told GQ: “Like the presidential debates in America. I’d like to produce that here. I would! Just for the hell of it! Make it a bit more fun.

“Like we have on The X Factor. Down the steps, and some music and loads of spotlights.”

On his future projects Cowell stated:

“I never talk about them in advance, for obvious reasons. But there are a couple of things coming up. One of them non-music related that probably excites me more than anything I’ve ever done,” he said.