What do I expect them to do? Act solely in the interests of their pay packet and party. What should they do? Act in the interests of the nation. That was once supposed to be the point.
They could have sought concessions or adjustments from the EU as precursor to a second referendum. The few times another EU nation has rejected a treaty or some aspect of the Union there's been something of a renegotiation and a second referendum.
Since the ridiculous Fixed Parliaments Act there needs to be a super-majority to call a UK election early. Why not with a referendum for a change of such consequence?
Were the EU not such a divisive issue, for the whole 40 years of our EU membership, within the Tory party, they might have approached the issue with a little more honesty. It could all have SO easily been avoided.
Do people really forget David Cameron's renegotiation prior to the referendum that quickly?
He came out of that looking the fool and if anything actually helped the leave campaign.
Just look at May now and imagine Cameron in her shoes. No politician wants this.
Allowing the referendum was an interesting but silly motion already, a gross miscalculation.
They should expect a plain exit. With that done, a good deal with the USA is possible. The threat of that could instead get them a great deal with the EU, and they may even do well with both.
Desperate begging is the current plan though... that won't end well.
From the start the only one with any kind of power in the negotiations was the EU.