SENIOR Tories have blamed the SNP after Boris Johnson cut short his holiday in Scotland when his whereabouts was revealed.
The Prime Minister packed up and returned home yesterday after Scottish media published photographs of his coastal three-bedroom holiday home with bell tent set up in the garden.
He was supposed to be enjoying a two-week holiday with his partner Carrie, their son and their dog.
The Daily Mail published photographs of the Prime Minister’s cottage yesterday but did not reveal where it was located. However, social media users quickly found out where Johnson was after some digging online.
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The Old School House, Applecross, features views towards the islands of Raasay, Rona and Skye and costs £1600 a week to rent during peak season.
Sources told The Sun that Johnson could no longer stay after the location became public, saying the risk to the family included fears they could be “mobbed by Scottish nationalists”.
One senior Tory told the newspaper: “The finger of blame for this all getting out is being pointed at the SNP, particularly Ian Blackford who is local.”
Blackford, the SNP Westminster leader, rejected the claims. He said: “This is completely preposterous and at no point have I referred publicly to the PM’s whereabouts. It’s nothing to do with me and to be smeared in this way is unacceptable.”
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