Scotland’s only Ukip MEP has suggested that he could stand to be his party’s new leader.
David Coburn said that he was a "good chance" that he could throw his hat in the ring.
But the controversial politician hinted that his vision for Ukip's future could see more more stormy times ahead for the eurosceptic party.
Since his election in 2014, Mr Corbyn has sparked anger by comparing SNP minister Humza Yousaf to convicted terrorist Abu Hamza, claimed that all Scottish nationalists "loathe the English" and described First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as "helmet hairdo".
Ukip's leadership race has been blown wide open after a former frontrunner to replace Nigel Farage sensationally quit the party, claiming it was in a "death spiral".
Steven Woolfe’s announcement came less than two weeks after he was hospitalised following an altercation with a fellow Ukip MEP.
Mr Woolfe also announced that he had made a police complaint over the incident, as he denounced what he said was "something rotten" in his party.
Ukip was "ungovernable" without Mr Farage as leader and the European Union referendum cause to unite behind, he also claimed.
And he reiterated his allegation that he had "received a blow" to the face from Ukip MEP Mike Hookem during the fracas at a meeting in Strasbourg.
Mr Hookem has denied hitting Mr Woolfe and released photos of his hands in an effort to clear his name.
Despite leaving Ukip, Mr Woolfe said that he would continue to sit as an MEP as an independent.
But his decision to quit Ukip will drive speculation about his future.
Only a fortnight ago he admitted that he had briefly flirted with joining Theresa May’s Conservatives.
Mr Coburn said that there was a “good chance” he would enter the leadership contest.
He said he wanted to see what other candidates had "to offer".
But he suggested that many of his colleagues who might be tempted by the thought of the top job "have no idea of the problems involved, and...the effect it has on your private life.”
He added that he was also more experienced than some of his colleagues, because he has led the party in Scotland.
"But I’ll only do that if I have support from colleagues, " he told Buzzfeed.
"I know what I want to do, but it might not be to everyone’s tastes.”
The leadership contest has been triggered by the resignation of Diane James after just 18 days in the job.
Nominations to replace her close at the end of this month.
To be eligible candidates need to secure 75 signatures from at least 10 branches and pay a deposit of £5,000, refunded if they get more than a fifth of the vote.
A series of hustings are due to be held at the start of next month, with ballots sent out to members on November 11.
The rules could clear the way to former deputy chairman Suzanne Evans to stand in the election.
She was barred from taking part the last time around because she was serving a temporary suspension.
Under the current rules, all members who have been in good standing for 28 days are eligible to stand.
However, some would-be challengers could be put off by Mr Woolfe's no-holds-barred resignation statement.
In it he said: "I have come to the conclusion that Ukip is ungovernable without Nigel Farage leading it and the referendum cause to unite it.
"The way I was treated by members of my own party during the summer's leadership campaign and the events that have led up to today have all contributed to me coming to this conclusion.
"The party is riddled with infighting, proxy wars between rival camps and is run by an NEC (national executive committee) that is not fit for purpose."
He also thanked the medical staff in Strasbourg who treated him saying: "I owe them my life."
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