Stuart Campbell was interviewed by Alex Salmond for his chat show on RT

Scotland’s most controversial blogger is in talks to create a political party to fight the next Holyrood election and split the independence vote.

Stuart Campbell, writer of Wings Over Scotland, said that his party would exploit unhappiness in the Yes movement at Nicola Sturgeon’s caution over Scottish independence. Mr Campbell said that he had discussed the idea with a number of potential candidates.

“I think the SNP is a shambles at the moment,” he told The Times. “It doesn’t know what it’s doing.”

It is understood that the Wings party would aim to emulate the success of populist, anti-elite movements in the United States, the UK and elsewhere.

Mr Campbell, 51, said that he would wait until nearer the 2021 Holyrood election