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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
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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Except that overhanging all of this are two swords: 1) that Parliament had MANY opportunities to negotiate Brexit and ... refused, and 2) hanging over all of this is a referendum result that everybody agreed was legitimate.
Brexit is a political crisis - no doubt about it. Just not one that anyone seems particularly interested in avoiding or fixing or mitigating.