For even more on X Factor....

...look to Irvine Welsh comments on Tony Wilson.

"Tony Wilson was a one-off, as brash, ballsy, knowing and erudite asthe city he loved so much. Manchester –and popular culture- are allthe poorer for his absence. This is the era of the Simon Cowell’s andPop Idol’s, instead of the Tony Wilson’s and Factory’s. Enough said. "

http://www.irvinewelsh.net/journalism.aspx