suppose on your planet it should be a conspiracy. , So far Standard Charter has been pushed onto the coals, and that was the opening aperitif, lets see what is for the next course? Time to flood the streets with supporters and whisk Julian to safety, People power could win this yet. As you say Craig, the Libdems have shown themselves to be self serving scum. No limit to the affrontery they are prepared to accept. The only covenant they stick to is the one they made to keep cameron in power until 2015. In the long term, this could destroy Hague utterly. For which God be praised. The FO responds to Ecuador's decision to grant asylum: . http://www.channel4.com/news/foreign-off\\... . US authorities were specifically asked if they had any intention to seek Mr Assange's extradition so they could start legal proceedings against him and what maximum penalty he could face. "The response from the United States has been that it cannot offer any guarantees. . I was a sceptic, but now I believe. As you say, domestic law cannot trump international law in a nation party to a binding treaty. Any raid on the embassy would be a travesty. The single defining feature of the Assange case is the misinformation and ignorance surrounding it. Any Assange article attracts more comments than most in the mainstream media, but a large number of those comments betray ignorance of the facts and blind acceptance of some lazy crap they read elsewhere in the