Rupa Huq faces criticism after describing the Chancellor as 'superficially' black.
The Ealing Central and Acton MP was recorded making the comments on Monday evening at a fringe event entitled What's Next for Labour's Agenda on Race.by the Guido Fawkes website minutes before Sir Keir Starmer began his speech to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
During a Q&A session, she said: "He's superficially, he's, a black man but again he's got more in common... he went to Eton, he went to a very expensive prep school, all the way through top schools in the country.Mr Kwarteng, who became chancellor earlier this month, was born in east London and has Ghanaian heritage.
Former chancellor and Tory MP Sajid Javid said he was "appalled and saddened" by the clip adding: "Rather than give encouragement to racists and people who seek to divide us, she should know better. Not too late for her to show that she does."the Labour leader to "join me in unequivocally condemning these comments as nothing less than racist".
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