SNP WESTMINSTER leader Ian Blackford has hit out at the Tories after a senior party source blamed him for the Prime Minister’s Scottish holiday location being revealed.

Yesterday the Daily Mail published photographs of Boris Johnson’s three-bedroom holiday cottage in the Highlands with a bell tent pitched nearby. The newspaper did not reveal where exactly the property was, but social media users easily found it was located in Applecross, Wester Ross.

After the photographs were published, the Tory leader, his partner and their son packed up and returned home, with sources telling The Sun there was now a security risk.

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A 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.”

Last night the MP rejected the claims, saying they were “completely preposterous”.

“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,” he said.

This morning rumours continued to fly around, prompting Blackford to speak out once more. He insisted that several locals had told him the PM was staying at the Applecross cottage, indicating Johnson’s whereabouts was not a tightly kept secret.

The MP said: “To blame the SNP for this is classic deflection from a Prime Minister who is under attack for his shambolic government.

“It was not the SNP who told the Daily Mail and for what it’s worth so many folk in the Highlands told me they knew where the PM was.”

He added he had not been told by Number 10 that the Prime Minister was in Ross, Skye and Lochaber as is customary for MPs and ministers visiting other parliamentarians’ constituencies.

Johnson’s visit was heavily criticised by media in England, where the exam results chaos continued throughout Johnson’s holiday.

And last night a Scottish farmer hit out at the Prime Minister, claiming he pitched the bell tent in his field without seeking permission first.

Kenny Cameron visited his field after seeing the photographs in the Daily Mail. He said: “Mr Johnson is meant to be leading the country and yet he is not setting a great example.

“Usually if people want to go inside a fenced area they ask for permission first, but I was not asked at all.

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“He could have put up his tent in the garden of the cottage and there would have been no problem – but didn’t do that.

“He could easily have damaged the fence by climbing over it as a short cut.

“There is a gate a little way up and they could have just used that.”

It was also reported that the remains of a small campfire were left by the tent, and this had to be cleared up after Johnson returned to England.

Johnson’s staff reportedly apologised to Cameron, saying they and the PM believed the field was part of The Old School House cottage.