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BORIS Johnson has been accused of spilling the beans on Tory plans to renege on more powers for Holyrood after a No vote

The SNP yesterday seized on remarks by the London major and Tory hopeful that Scotland had been granted enough powers.

In an interview the bungling mayor of London railed against “ever more things we are giving Scotland”, and claimed that there is “no reason” for Scotland to have more powers.

He said instead that tax-raising powers should be granted to major cities in England.

The SNP said that the comments exposed “the empty promises of the No camp over more powers for Scotland”.

The SNP’s James Dornan MSP said: “It was always clear that No campaign pledges of more powers weren’t worth the paper they were written on – and Boris Johnson getting caught out telling the truth will be a major embarrassment to the No camp.

“The fact is that Westminster has always thought there was ‘no need’ for Scotland to have more powers. Boris Johnson is just admitting what the rest of the No camp are thinking.”

Johnson’s ham-fisted remarks, first reported last week, came as Johnson admitted for the first time his plans to lead the Conservative party, following his decision to stand for election to the House of Commons next year.

“The serious prospect of someone like Boris Johnson as Prime Minister after the next election – taking decisions affecting Scotland – will be enough to send chills down the spines of people across the country,” said Dornan.

“A Yes vote is our one opportunity to ensure we get the government we vote for every single time - we need to grab that opportunity with both hands.”

A YouGov/Sunday Times poll yesterday showed that Boris is the public’s top choice to be the next Conservative leader, but would increase their share of the vote by just one per cent if he replaced David Cameron.

Asked how they would vote if Boris led the Tories, and if Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg still led their parties, the Tories’ share increases by just one percentage point from 33 per cent to 34 per cent.