Chris

Julian Assange isn't a folk hero. He's a nerd with some sort of personality disorder that causes him to believe he's on a messianic crusade when in fact all he's doing is hindering the lawful business of various Governments - business which, shock, horror - sometimes involves confidentiality.

However, none of that is a reason to haul him out of the Ecuadorian embassy by his short and curlies. The fact that he needs to face serious assault charges in a friendly nation, which is a mature democracy that fully respects the rule of law: that's the reason why we need to give Hugo Chavez the middle finger at the soonest opportunity and then have Assange on the first flight to Arlanda.