Labour MP Rupa Huq's remarks about Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng were racist, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan believes comments made by MP Rupa Huq about Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng were "racist".She has been suspended from sitting as a Labour MP, pending an investigation.
Mr Khan told BBC Radio London the Ealing Central and Acton MP's comments were "wrong" but confirmed Huq was "not racist". Ms Huq also said at the event: "If you hear him on the Today programme, you wouldn't know he's black." Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also called the remarks "racist", adding he will let the investigation "take its course".Ms Huq, who will now sit in Parliament as an independent, 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 began his speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
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