House of Commons manoeuvres - Honourable but pointless?

It is natural that we view events through the prism of our beliefs. The 52% of Britons who voted to quit the EU will regard the resignation of seven MPs from the Labour party earlier this week, and yesterday’s decision by three Tory MPs to follow them, as good riddance.
The “betrayers” trying to delay Brexit, or at least trying to reach agreement on the least damaging divorce, have been the target of odious criticism.