Listened to a radio phone in tonight all about whether we should deport him to the USA. Lots of people phoning up to defend him over Wikileaks.

Completely missed the point. The man is wanted in Sweden on serious sexual related charges and has run away from clearing his name. He claims he has been cleared on several of the charges which is not true. The Swedes have dropped them due to a time limit. In other words if you hide from the authorities long enough you get away with it.

He has also claimed on various occasions that he would leave the embassy if certain conditions were met. They were and he is still inside.

My view, forget the Swedes and the Yanks I would arrest and jail him in the UK for defying a UK warrant and making a mockery of our justice system. After that deport him to Sweden let them deal with him their justice system is not a kangaroo court.

Just seen this in the treaty between Sweden and the USA you cannot extradite someone
"5. If the offense is regarded by the requested State as a political offense or as an offense connected with a political offense."

Of course this would be up to a Swedish court but reading an article in the FT it is very unlikely they would agree (they gave examples). So his position is BS.

Edited by Badger11 (06 Feb 2018 10.27pm)

One more point

For anyone interested in the detail behind Assange’s charges in Sweden, John Pilger has written some incredible stuff here: [Link]

Manning was tortured in Taiwan. Snowden has a plane on standby 24 hours a day should he leave protection. You may not like Assange as a person but you try hiding in a room for 5years from the most powerful surveillance groups in the world and see how genial you are.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

Interesting read however John Pilger is known for his left wing views so I take this story with a pinch of salt. I do not doubt that the US wants to punish him but I am surprised that the Swedish prosecutor is as corrupt as painted. If that is true then it is a major scandal so why are the Swedes not up in arms over this?
Assange does not come across as a truthful person. I base this on his public statements (about leaving the embassy) and the documentary he was involved in. For the moment my view is that this is a man manipulating the system to avoid justice. If he is the victim here then he is going the wrong way about clearing his name.

As for extradition to the US from Britain I am against this. Its the Swedes who want him so that is where he should be deported.

One more point

If you don't like the house rules....... find yourself another house!

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

A ridiculous waste of resources.

Assange should simply have been quietly smuggled out of the country.

It would have been forgotten years ago.

No class.