Tommy Sheridan claimed yesterday that voters now had a "sense of revulsion" which was driving them away from Labour but not into the arms of the SNP.

"The issue I am finding is that people are fed up with Labour.

"I would not detect a mass embrace of the SNP but I detect mass revulsion for Labour," he said yesterday.

"From Iraq to being knee-deep in sleaze, to cash for honours to Trident, that is what I find."

Launching his Solidarity party election broadcast, put together with the help of sympathisers Peter Mullan and Davie McKay, he said he hoped it was raw and to the point.

The broadcast carries an irony in that it is shot as if it is a secret video inside his car. The Solidarity leader had his car searched by police for surveillance devices in recent weeks, so the broadcast is a nod in that direction, particularly in the sign-off.

But for most of the four-minute broadcast the point about the man at the wheel is overwhelmingly that of Mr Sheridan having a typical rant about the wrongs of the capitalist world.

Mr Sheridan said of the broadcast: "It is quite raw, quite different and packs a real punch. It's me in it. Not me pretending to be me or anyone else. I hope it strikes a chord of rawness and honesty. No slick make-up, no slick technological back-up, just in-your-face honesty.

"I think some people will say we saw him ranting in the streets', some say I ranted in the parliament, so they even see me ranting in (my) motor."