Originally Posted by Mick

Well technically that's not true. Sweden have requested extradition from Britain. No diplomatic tensions existed. Britain has to honour extradition laws. No row existed.

Britain sent a threatening letter to Ecuador, telling them the UK could remove diplomatic status from Ecuador Embassy and then enter it to retrieve Assange should they choose to do so but that is a last resort.

This has now flared up tensions with Ecuador and a row has now erupted between Britain and Ecuador. As far as I know, Sweden has not made any demands to Ecuador until this afternoon, when it has summoned the Ecuador Ambassador and labelling it's decision to grant Asylum to Assange, unacceptable. Hence my original statement that Sweden now entering the row is correct.