Labor MP says Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is 'superficially' black

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer faces appeals to the suspension of MP Rupa Huq after he described Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as 'superficially' black.

In audio posted online, Ms Huq can be heard discussing her elite academic background, before adding that "you wouldn't know he was black" listening to him on the radio.

The comments by the MP for Ealing Central and Acton, west London, appear to have been made at a side event at the labor conference in Liverpool on Monday.

Earlier this month, Mr Kwarteng became Britain's first black Chancellor.

Conservative Party Chairman Jake Berry shared his "serious concerns" in a letter to Sir Keir, the audio being published by the Guido Fawkes website abbreviated therein ahead of his speech at the conference.

"I hope you will join me in condemning unequivocally these remarks as nothing less than racist and that the Labor Whip be removed from Rupa Huq accordingly,” he wrote.

Ms Huq was reportedly seated next to Labor Speaker Anneliese Dodds when she made the remarks.

In the audio, Ms. Huq could be heard saying, "On the surface, he's a black man.

Labour MP Rupa Huq

(Channel 4 News/grab)

" He went to Eton, I think, he went to a very expensive prep school, all the way through, the best schools in the country.

"If you hear it on the Today show, you don't wouldn't know he's black."

Mr Berry said Sunder Katwala, who chaired the event for British Future and Black Equity organizations, was forced to dispute his remarks.

< p>According to the Tory MP, Mr Katwala, said the Chancellor's Conservative views 'do not make him not black…and I think Labor needs to be very careful'.

< p>Ms Huq and Labor have been approached for comment.