Party leader Screaming Lord Sutch said: "We want to recruit loony candidates, and we think we have a lot to offer.

"I will personally be standing in one of the Scottish cities but I haven't decided which one yet.

"I love Scotland and I have always had a good reception up there standing in by-elections. It's a loony sort of place."

Lord Sutch is a veteran campaigner and has stood for election more times than anyone else and lost more deposits than he cares to remember.

Mobile Parliament

His flagship policy for Scotland is to set up a Parliament on wheels.

He said: "If the building was mobile and could travel around that would stop all the arguments over where it should go and keep everyone happy."

Other measures include turning the Isle of Skye into a tax haven and building a tunnel to it. Members of the Scottish Parliament would also be required to wear a kilt at all times.

Would be loony candidates, Lord Sutch says, should be good talkers. "The ideal candidate would be like Andy Stewart, a great entertainer and that's what they need in the Scottish Parliament."