If not for Corbyn, there would probably be sufficient numbers of Tory MP's that would cross the floor. The problem for the sane wing of the Tory party is that they are caught between 2 nightmare scenarios - the unmitigated disaster of Brexit on one hand, and the fact that breaking party lines might hand the keys to the country to a complete moron that will seek to take the country back to the 1950's. At least that is my read from afar. I am sure it is far more nuanced than that, but this seems to be the crux of the dilemma for the "sane" MP's caucus, which would otherwise be able to muster a majority.
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