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Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles's decision to quit the Tory party last night has sparked an incredible and weird mix of disgust, contempt, indignation, surprise, celebration, sadness and relief – in his constituency as well as wider afield.

To some conservatives and hard Brexiteers, he's a quitter, a wimp. Good riddance, they say. To others, he should be hailed as a principled man; one who tried unsuccessfully to find a solution to the complex and bitter Brexit feud that is splitting the nation. Then fell on his sword when he failed.

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