So brown fiddles with generation X while 100 businesses a day collapse.
Says it all does'nt it ?

C Merit, plymouth, England

People who write letters to other people who are on the TV are very rarely 'normal'. This man is beginning to show signs of some form of breakdown.

Tim, London, England

Idea for a new reality programme: "Strictly PM Factor" ...over a matter of weeks, let the public choose a new PM based upon weekly challenges put to the candidates and let Simon Cowell be one of the judges!

Mike Franks, Swindon, UK

Don't all be so nasty. Let Brown get involved in something he understands occasionally.

John C, Worcester Park, UK

Am I the only one who doesn't want a Prime Minister who watches, never mind writes in to this terrible terrible excuse for entertainment?

Mark, Glasgow,

So what!. Brown just trying to appear human.

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

I thought Brown had promised an end to celebrity culture. Of course, Simon Cowell has met with David Cameron. All acts of dissent must be punished by the Great Leader.

Dominic Fisher, Birmingham, Warks

Hm, perhaps the solutions to the current economic problems could have been found if the architect of our plight was not spending his time writing to X-Factor contestants. Although, insipid ideas, popular before Christmas, and no career past March may be relevant to both the contestants and Mr Brown.

Stephen Green, Telford, UK

And why not? All viewers in these competitive series like to pick out the winners and losers. So are we not all judges?
I am still a rocker although nearly seventy, but have a liking for all musical genres that are composed and performed well. Simon's remarks were ageist!

Barbara, Chelmsford, UK

I can't believe that PM is interfering in the TV show. I'm pretty sure that he has more importants things to do. The country has one of the worse crisis of its history and he is sending letters to the contestants. Mr.Brown, please do your job!!!

David, London, Spain

Why can't Obama rule the world and save us from the fumbling mess that is Gordon Brown?! Nobody is going to vote for him just because he likes X-Factor...

Helen Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

I would have liked to have thought our PM has better things to occupy himself with than idling away many a hapless hour absorbing the bilge which ITV pumps out. Perhaps an improving book? ‘Economics for Dummies’ may be a suitable title.

Steve, Reading, England

I wrote to brown with an idea to save the economy. No wonder he did nt write back. To busy!

rich, worces.,

Has he got NOTHING better to do with his time? I dont find this one bit funny in view of the dire state the UKs in.

I run a small business in Stafford, i work the best part of 12-14 hrs a day - im lucky to watch the Xfactor let alone have time to write 12 letters- He has completely lost the plot!

Richard, Stafford, Staffordshire

Didn't this man tell us the other day that from the time he wakes up in the morning, till the time he goes to bed at night, he devotes 100% of his energy to the world economic crisis.....?

tris, DUNDEE,

This is obviously a New Labour spin story.

Philip Stevens, London, UK