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Caroline Flint made the shock claim during last night’s edition of BBC Question Time. She argued the Labour Party needs to respect the referendum result to avoid heavy losses. Last night’s Question Time came from Halifax in West Yorkshire, which voted Leave in 2016.

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Ms Flint commented: “The polls show we could lose up to 50 seats across the Midlands and north of England to the Brexit Party because we will lose heartland working-class voters.

“What is the Labour Party for if it doesn’t represent that voice?”

The Labour MP, who served as a Minister under Gordon Brown, was debating with former Ed Miliband advisor Ayesha Hazarika.

Ms Hazarika argued Labour would lose voters to the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats unless the Party backs another EU referendum.

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