the wilted rose

One aspect that many people forget about 42 days pre-charge detention is that almost all people who will be affected will be brown- or black-skinned.  Sunny Hundal, Editor of Pickled Politics, is described on the site as:

Academically trained as an economist, Sunny is a journalist who runs Asians in Media magazine and looks after the messageboards at BarfiCulture. In addition he contributes to the Guardian blog Comment is free and The Sharpener. He also writes occasionally on media and race-related issues for the national papers. So far in The Guardian, The Independent and Financial Times. He is also sometimes invited to commentate on television and radio with his frequently ‘controversial’ (meaning unashamedly liberal) views.

Sunny is a brilliant blogger but I didn’t expect to read him write this (Hat tip: Conservative Home):

Saying that… given that New Labour wants to extend anti-terrorism legislation until every brown person in the country is locked up until proven innocent (or once the police can be bothered to let you out), it makes more sense for brown and black people, who will overwhelmingly face the brunt of this police-state legislation, to vote Conservative. At least the Tories have finally found some balls regarding the erosion of our civil liberties. And yes, I felt slightly sordid saying that. But its worth thinking about – if you’re brown, then its not worth voting Labour for the sake of your own security.

Sunny has hit the nail on the head.