May (or whoever else is left holding the poisoned chalice when the music stops) has three options:
1. Trigger it soon, anger the c.60% of the population who did not vote to Leave, and cause economic and social chaos.
2. Don’t trigger it, angering the c.30% of the population who voted to Leave, and cause economic and social chaos.
3. Prevaricate, dragging things out until either there’s an election, the EU collapses anyway, or the ensuing recession makes Brexit so unpopular she gets away with doing nothing.