the Iranians stormed the American Embassy at the time of the revolution. In these peaceful times, and by parity of reasoning -- does anyone in Government realise the serious and lasting implications of what is about to be done? One can clearly see the equivalence of the US embrace of the torturer, the Shah of Iran, and the embrace of HMG of Pinochet. One disingenuous route the government may take is to revoke diplomatic status -- then storm the Ecuadorian Embassy -- then tell the populace that HMG acted lawfully, because the Ecuadorians at the time of the invasion of the Embassy Ecuador was not protected under international law. I anticipate that the British public will be supportive of Assange and there will then be protests and direct clashes with the police when many decent people seek to assist Assange. Eurotunnel: the funniest thing with Eurotunnel is (should I write this here?): : - You don't give passenger names when booking the place on the train (and the train ticket can also be purchased on the spot) -- the company is not interested in passenger names. : - Border Police usually DON'T BOTHER CHECKING YOUR PASSPORT. Not even looking at you. They don't even bother coming up to your car -- they just wave you to drive past. You must be aware you are leaving paradise anyway. : - Your passport is checked only by the French (and they take quite some time in this) -- but only after leaving