its for Labour to lose rather than the Tories to win.
They managed last time – prior to Corbyns announcement that he would allow a second Brexit referendum, they had the last election waiting for them. Lots of informed opinions came to the conclusion that the “working class” or less wealthy were much more likely to have voted leave than the wealthier, and generally, it’s accepted that the working classes are more pro-labour while the more affluent tend to lean towards the convervatives.
He could have said “I know this is what a lot of the people who support me wanted but I’m going to ignore them anyway” as a campaign slogan.
"Man is born in freedom, but he soon becomes a slave, in cages of convention, from the cradle, to the grave."