Why did MPs who oppose Theresa May’s deal scupper attempts to forge a Commons majority for a soft Brexit?

Brexit Explained: The indicative votes process was supposed to find a way through the chaos but is provoking its own disagreements

A blame game has begun at Westminster after MPs from the Independent Group (TIG), the Liberal Democrats and Labour were accused of denying Kenneth Clarke a majority for his plan for the UK to join a customs union.

They were dubbed “purists” and “idiots” by furious soft-Brexit supporters.

Although MPs were allowed to back all four options on their agenda on Monday, some who want a Final Say referendum voted solely for that in order to boost its prospects of emerging as the Commons compromise.