GIRLS ALOUD - GIRLS ALOUD TURN POLITICAL

Girls Aloud are old hats at mouthing off about their fellow popstars but now they've turned their attention to the political arena.

In an interview with the New Statesman magazine, the girls voiced their opinions on everything from the war in Iraq to David Cameron's crushes.

The Conservative party leader claims that he finds Cheryl Cole the most attractive of the five, but this has left her unimpressed.

"He was just trying to be cool," Cheryl said. "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."

And Nicola Roberts was equally happy to express her views on late night political television programmes.

She said: "It's boring. No 18-year-old wants to watch Gordon Brown doing his whole speech - turn it over!"

According to the girls, politics need to be more "user friendly" and talked about in "normal magazines and newspapers".

More recently the girls were in the press for their criticism of Pete Doherty – Cheryl branded him a "junkie idiot" – spats with All Saints and anti-footballers' wives digs.

Seems like they like it up there on their soapbox.