Sir Keir Starmer is facing demands to withdraw the Labour whip from one of his party’s MPs after she described Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as ‘superficially’ black.
Rupa Huq, the Ealing Central and Acton MP, was recorded making the remark at a fringe event at Labour’s conference in Liverpool.
In a recording published by the Guido Fawkes website, Ms Huq is heard saying of Mr Kwarteng: ‘Superficially he is a black man.’
She also claimed people listening to Mr Kwarteng during radio interviews ‘wouldn’t know he is black’.
‘He went to Eton, I think, he went to a very expensive prep school – all the way through the top schools in the country,’ she added in the audio recording.
‘If you hear him on the Today programme, you wouldn’t know he is black.’
Rupa Huq is claimed to have made the remarks during an event attended by Anneliese Dodds, Labour’s chair and shadow secretary of state for women and equalities
The Ealing Central and Acton MP’s remarks have been branded ‘racist’ and she is facing calls to lose the Labour whip
In an audio recording, Ms Huq was also heard claiming those listening to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng during radio interviews ‘wouldn’t know he is black’
Tory chairman Jake Berry branded Ms Huq’s comments ‘racist’ and demanded Sir Keir ‘unequivocally’ condemn the remarks and also withdraw the Labour whip from her.
In a letter to the Labour leader, Mr Berry wrote: ‘I trust you will join me in unequivocally condemning these comments as nothing less than racist and that the Labour whip will be withdrawn from Rupa Huq as a consequence.’
Ms Huq is claimed to have made the remarks during an event attended by Anneliese Dodds, Labour’s chair and shadow secretary of state for women and equalities.
MailOnline has contacted both Ms Huq and the Labour Party for comment.
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