Question

why did the british feel that the moderates could be easily crushed​

Answer 1

After eight days of parliamentary debate and 200 speeches, members of the House of Commons ignored the Prime Minister’s final pleas and delivered a humiliating verdict on her plan to take Britain out of the European Union.

The result — the worst parliamentary defeat for a British government in the modern era — means the Prime Minister now faces a deep political crisis, with no clear path out of the mess.

Speaking moments after May’s humiliating defeat, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn put forward a motion of no confidence in May’s government.

Corbyn said the challenge would allow the Commons to “give its verdict on the sheer incompetence of this Government