That's actually not the case (and if I've missed sarcasm there I apologize) - many of Labour's core working class areas (South Wales valleys, the north east) are virulently anti-EU and some of the areas that voted highly in favor of Brexit to begin with. It's very sad and ironic to me to see the area I grew up in that has been a massive net gainer from EU money with such an illogical position, but it is what it is.
The results of the recent local elections bear that out. The Tories took an absolute caneing but Labour really didn't benefit that much. Both parties are pretty screwed right now, and unless a palatable Brexit deal gets done (chances of that are less than 0%) it's going to be an absolutely chaotic general election.
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