Stuart Campbell, from Bathgate, now lives in the English city of Bath. “At the moment I don’t want to live in the most gutless country in the world,” he says

‘Your usual, sir?” asks the barman. “Yes please,” says Stuart Campbell, the most despised and celebrated blogger in Scottish politics. A few moments later the barman returns with a pint glass of milk and a stripy straw. Mr Campbell’s tipple of choice is just one of the surprises in an interview that sheds light on one of the most contentious figures in Scottish public life in recent years.

No individual in Scottish politics divides opinion quite like Mr Campbell, whose Wings Over Scotland online persona, with its militaristic logo, is regarded as either poisonous or heroic, depending on your point of view.

We meet in Bath, where Mr Campbell has lived for 20 years, during the past seven of which he has disrupted the world