MP quits the Conservative party for being 'incapable of compromise'
Nick Boles quits the Conservative party for being ‘incapable of compromise’
Jonathon Read
The New European
PUBLISHED: 22:24 01 April 2019 | UPDATED: 22:59 01 April 2019
Former minister and Conservative MP Nick Boles has quit the party after his Brexit alternative was defeated a second time. Boles was applauded by some MPs as he said he “could no longer sit for this party”.
It came moments after his Common Market 2.0 proposal was among four Brexit alternatives to Theresa May’s deal rejected again by MPs. Boles acknowledged he had “failed” but blamed this “chiefly because my party refuses to compromise”.
His plan sought UK membership of the European Free Trade Association and European Economic Area and received cross party support, but lost by 282 votes to 261 - majority 21.
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/nick-boles-quits-the-conservative-party-1-5971994
