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Which begs the question as to whether a vote to trigger it would ever be won, given the majority of MPs are against it.
It could be political suicide for an MP to vote against it. Certainly a majority of them do not have a mandate for voting against Brexit from their constituents (based on the referendum data).
MPs are in the tricky position of needing to reflect the opinions of the majority of their constituents, along with doing what they think is best for the country as a whole. It's a fundamental problem with a representative democracy like ours.
Piss off the Brexiters by canning it in the HoP and the protest vote at the next GE could result in UKIP stealing a significant number of votes off Lab/Con/etc, possibly leading to a hung parliament with UKIP holding the keys to avoid a minority Government.
The risk might be worth it though, there's 4 years to go and it would depend on what kind of new deal we can get from the EU (despite the EU saying there would be no new deal).
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Article 50 can't be triggered by Cameron. It has to have parliamentary approval:
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2016/06/27/nick-barber-tom-hickman-and-jeff-king-pulling-the-article-50-trigger-parliaments-indispensable-role/
Which begs the question as to whether a vote to trigger it would ever be won, given the majority of MPs are against it.