Many flipped to the "winning" side.

My MP still has posts on her blog about how ardently pro EU she was and how she believed staying in the EU was the best idea. Not long after the referendum and May coming in, she was fully behind Brexit and ready to do whatever it takes. A lot of Tory MPs will just go with the prevailing wind on everything and this is also how they stay in power because being progressive is not a vote winner in a broadly (small c) conservative country.

> Many flipped to the "winning" side.

And the ones that didn't were purged

Ken Clarke isn’t going anywhere.

You know he's retired, right?

Interesting guy, my opinion of him changed (for the better) when I found out he presented a regular Jazz show on the radio.

Wow, OK, I’ve been out of the UK for too long.

Yeah, didn't stand for re-election last time around. He was the father of the house anyway, and at the age of 79, with the conservative party ripping the UK out of the EU I think he must have decided he was too old for this nonsense and didn't want to be part of it anyway.

We're talking about how the decision was made. At this point most of them have resigned themselves to the fact it's happened and we need to get on with it, as have I frankly.