British territory (but still on this side of the Channel). No checks on the other side of the tunnel -- just drive off the train and on the motorway. "Diplomatic immunity exists to allow embassies and diplomats to exercise proper diplomatic functions, and the harboring of alleged criminals or frustrating a due legal process in a country is not a permitted function of diplomats under the Vienna Convention," So -- tell me now -- how does HMG's postion now square with Pinochet then? Lord (Alex) Carlisle (LibDem, sorry) currently opining on R4 that there is no basis in UK law for forcing entry to the embassy, and that Ecuador would be able to sue, and win, if that happened. Concluded with some abuse of the Ecuador govt, but points made above seem to be accurate. In a nutshell, Vienna Convention trumps Thatcher's shitty little Act (which was designed for major criminals). Richard Ottaway being very bland about US dimension..."we can't make conditions.." IOW, we don't give a fuck if the Yanks get him, so long as it doesn't look like we did it. (We don't want more riots?) Billy Fourteen Pints of Richmond, is to be Lord high Bumbastic now? , This really takes the cake, total lawlessness, and cocking a snook at any and all international conventions, what dark era we are living in? , To find human rights are respected much more in the developing world than they are respected in the lands of the "freedomfrie loving, apple