The winner of last year’s X Factor James Arthur has quit Twitter following a spat with outspoken comedian Frankie Boyle.

The feud started when James responded to a tweet that Boyle posted several days ago apparently insulting the level of James’ education.

Arthur wrote: "[I'm] one of the many demons in your mind telling you to insult everybody in the hope of feeling somewhat important. I Luv u x."

Boyle responded by saying: "From the pic I thought it was a child's drawing of a monster.Sit down &( so far as it's technically possible) shut your mouth".

The argument continued for a while and escalated until both parties resorted to name-calling and poking fun at one another’s appearance.

Arthur said: "You are a 38 yr old man what are you doing? You know nothing about music and comedy it seems.. I feel sorry for your kids.”

The argument ended with James vowing to come off Twitter saying: "#LOVE to my fans but I'm coming off twitter for good. HQ will be doing all my tweets from now on. PEACE!"