Assange.

oooh theyve granted asylum

so will the sas storm the building?

or will the popos just pull over his limo on the way to heathrow?

eaither way i bet that argentinian president is hoping for some drama and preparing for a press conference to denounce us imperialists

edit: maybe its part of a bigger plan to start a fight with ecuador, is there oil under the galapagos?

Asylum granted…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19281492

kimbers – Member
or will the popos just pull over his limo on the way to heathrow?

Diplomatic vehicles can be stopped but not searched, but once he gets out of the car at the airport…

I wonder what the next move is by Assange.

How will he physically leave the embassy?

Or is being an Ambassador the only method to avoid being arrested?

Diplomatic vehicles can be stopped but not searched, but once he gets out of the car at the airport…

Channel Tunnel!

Sorry if hes pulled at the airport on the way then I question how **** shit how democracy really is. Yes he does have a charge to answer but we as a nation can refuse the extradition if there is other information that may lead to any form of unfair trial etc.

This country sucks balls on immigration, taxes and human rights. Rendition-specialists..

xiphon – Member
I wonder what the next move is by Assange.

How will he physically leave the embassy?

Or is being an Ambassador the only method to avoid being arrested?

If he and the Ecuadorian government have any sense they’ll let the Met make the next move.

Does the Star Trek’s transporter actually work?

Scuzz – completely forgotten about ferries and the chunnel…. good idea!

What about planting some cops dressed as Swedish bimbos just outside his bedroom window?

chunnel or

but then the US could arrange this:

Who needs the Federation – we have Dr Who and his Tardis. He could whip back in time and sort out that condom incident too.

Well if we can’t send someone to Sweden to face charges then where can you send them. If he wants to fight extradition from Sweden he will have a very good case. Below is from the Swedish Governments web site.

Extradition may not be granted for military or political offences. Nor may extradition be granted if there is reason to fear that the person whose extradition is requested runs a risk – on account of his or her ethnic origins, membership of a particular social group or religious or political beliefs – of being subjected to persecution threatening his or her life or freedom, or is serious in some other respect. Nor, moreover, may extradition be granted if it would be contrary to fundamental humanitarian principles, e.g. in consideration of a person’s youth or the state of this person’s health. Finally, in principle, extradition may not be granted if a judgment has been pronounced for the same offence in this country. Nor may extradition be granted if the offence would have been statute-barred by limitation under Swedish law.

Scuzz – completely forgotten about ferries and the chunnel…. good idea!

Nope. You have to go through several checkpoints and I’ve been asked to leave my vehicle on a couple of occasions.

Sorry if hes pulled at the airport on the way then I question how **** shit how democracy really is. Yes he does have a charge to answer but we as a nation can refuse the extradition if there is other information that may lead to any form of unfair trial etc.

Are you hora or kaesae? He is wanted for questioning for rape in Sweden. If there is any EVIDENCE of him going to be sent immediately to the electric chair in the USA, please post some links. There is reason to say it’s a possibility but unless there’s evidence how can that be considered in court?

Were I part of the UK government I’d be doing cartwheels over this. Let him go to Equador and then it becomes their problem and one we can wash our hands of.

Nope. You have to go through several checkpoints and I’ve been asked to leave my vehicle on a couple of occasions.

Do you travel regularly in Diplomatic vehicles ?

Well that’s true but what I mean is they could say “Sorry, we need you to step out of the vehicle” and then when they refuse, tell them they have to bugger off because no getting out means no traveling on the tunnel. Just because they don’t have to get out doesn’t mean they have to let them travel.

If there is any EVIDENCE of him going to be sent immediately to the electric chair in the USA

His one saving grace is that he is known about. If he was a combatant he’d simply be hooded, traded over on a UK airfield then tortured in an unknown location.

Don’t be naive about the US. These are the same folk who put their missile shields in Europe to protect themselves making us a target for thermo-nuclear strikes if the US had ever fallen out with Russia.

Remember Yeltsin? He is credited with stopping a nuclear war.

Well that’s true but what I mean is they could say “Sorry, we need you to step out of the vehicle” and then when they refuse, tell them they have to bugger off because no getting out means no traveling on the tunnel. Just because they don’t have to get out doesn’t mean they have to let them travel.

Simple as that eh ?

They can’t search the car, so they put him in the boot. Job done.

WUN
UN
DRED!

*Edit – DAMMIT! 😉 *

….and now we just leave him there to go stir crazy.

the charges could actually be correct. Sweden is a pretty tolerant country and have system of law thiat is at least as good as our own better repsected by it’s citzens. It’s not even close to being a US brown noser.

As Assange’s mate said when interviewed by the Beeb – the British Government have tried to bully the Ecuadorian embassy into action they were reluctant to take and should be ashamed of themselves, or something along those lines.

‘s true…

His one saving grace is that he is known about. If he was a combatant he’d simply be hooded, traded over on a UK airfield then tortured in an unknown location.

Don’t be naive about the US. These are the same folk who put their missile shields in Europe to protect themselves making us a target for thermo-nuclear strikes if the US had ever fallen out with Russia.

Remember Yeltsin? He is credited with stopping a nuclear war.

Not sure how the first paragraph relates to the rest but don’t let continuity or relevance stop you. Anyway, nobody is denying governments do bad things but what I said was EVIDENCE in this case, not ranting about other random things. Clearly there is none otherwise we’d have seen it and if you point at the statements from US politicians, the same people also think thinks lie the NHS being some sort of den of communism so they’re hardly credible.

Sweden is a pretty tolerant country and have system of law thiat is at least as good as our own better repsected by it’s citzens. It’s not even close to being a US brown noser.

Furry muff.

TBH he could be being stitched up like a kipper to spend many a year in a Swedish jail as a punishment/entrapment.

However hes not a character who does himself any favours and he could have been arrogant (him arrogant!)…. and predatory as well.

Will we ever know the truth?

Will we ever know the truth?

Wait for Wikileaks to release it… ironically

However hes not a character who does himself any favours

And that comes from an expert! 🙂

I wonder what Jemima Khan makes of loosing £20K on all of this.

If she had £20k to risk in the first place, I don’t she’ll miss it in the financial sense.

I think Assange might be crossed off her Xmas card list though…

All I think has been achieved today is that Julian Assange can now actually leave the one room he is currently in and freely move around the embassy (and obviously enjoy the platter of Ferrero Roche that the ambassador hands out at parties).

He still cant leave the building unless he wants to be nicked so will be doing a passable impersonation of Tom Hanks in “the Terminal” (only without a slightly odd generic eastern european accent, a group of “hillarious and heartwarming” characters and Catherine Zeta Jones)

How long do you reckon he will be in there for? My guess, at least 6 months.

Interestingly there is an election in Ecuador in February…hmmm…. 😉

but what I said was EVIDENCE in this case

works both ways; I wonder how much EVIDENCE the Swedes have presented to anyone regarding the rape/molestation case

As i see it, if he can prove he is a virgin then there is no case to answer. Any medical experts on here might be able to advise if it is possible.

I’ve just looked on google maps. The embassy is next to Harrods which has a heli pad on it. Zip wire across the roof, and job’s a good’un.

Also noticed the embassy now has a review.
https://plus.google.com/115590698300526313512

He should answer the charges against him in Sweden, he did scarper from Sweden rather quickly at the time of the alleged assaults, the rest he is using as a smoke screen to evade facing the Swedish courts. He’s comes across as a rather slimy character IMO.

He’s comes across as a rather slimy character IMO.

Probably a terrorist then like the Yanks reckon.

hora – Member

Remember Yeltsin? He is credited with stopping a nuclear war.

Ok, I’m going to bite on this one. Huh? What did Boris Yeltsin do to stop doomsday, spill his vodka on the launch panel and short it out?

Assange is like the kid that harasses animals and gets away with it because they’re behind an electric fence. Then one day, the power is off, and…

DavidBelstein is he a STWer?

Then yes.

Read up on Yeltsin. It was a test missile launch mistaken communication that led to a General on duty rekaying the wrong info. Yeltsin was told an attack had been started and shall we counter attack?

works both ways; I wonder how much EVIDENCE the Swedes have presented to anyone regarding the rape/molestation case

Well that’s the point rather, it does work both ways but we’ve only got anything concrete from one side. Assange has no actual evidence that the Americans are out to kill him or actually are definitely going to attempt to extradite him. The Swedes on the other hand have two women who have made what are, in Sweden, serious allegations against him. He’s never denied sleeping with them and so the police there want to talk to him. He’s not been charged, he’s wanted for questioning.

He should answer the charges against him in Sweden, he did scarper from Sweden rather quickly at the time of the alleged assaults, the rest he is using as a smoke screen to evade facing the Swedish courts. He’s comes across as a rather slimy character IMO.

He stayed in Sweden to be questioned by the Swedish authority’s, until he was told he could go and the case was dropped. He stayed in Sweden until his application for residency was turned down.