Cheryl Cole and Nicola RobertsGirls Aloud believe that politics needs to be simplified and popularised - but not by the politicians trying to feign coolness.

In (what can only be described as) an unusual interview with The New Statesman, Cheryl Cole dismissed Conservative leader David Cameron’s recent claim to fancy her: “Politicians know we get listened to by more young fans than they do. That’s why David Cameron said he fancied me. He was just trying to be cool. I bet he couldn’t name a single song of ours.”

“Do I fancy him? No! Politicians should stop trying to be cool and get on with running the country.”

She added: “There should be adverts in the breaks during Coronation Street spelling it out in bullet points: This is what the Conservatives stand for. This is what Labour stands for.”

“You know that basically Labour is the working-class and the Conservatives are the really kind of upper-class, and then everything else is… I have no idea. I only vote Labour because me mam does.”

Nicola Roberts agreed, saying: “I know there are programmes on late at night when they have debates and stuff. But young people are not going to choose to watch them. It’s boring.”

“No 18-year-old wants to watch Gordon Brown doing his whole speech - turn it over!”

Sarah Harding also thinks politics should be discussed more: “We need to make politics more user-friendly. It just isn’t talked about in normal magazines and newspapers. We never get asked who we’d vote for. It could be a general question in an interview, but it isn’t.”