Julian Assange police guard cost nears £3m

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Send the bill to Assange and if he dose not pay up send the bill to Ecuador and if they don't pay up kick the door in and drag Assange's sorry arse out and shove him on a plane.

A popular opinion amongst the British public I suspect.

[Betonov]

Send him here.
He's a national hero for exposing some embarasing secrets about the servile nature of our goverment.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Send him here.
He's a national hero for exposing some embarasing secrets about the servile nature of our goverment.

I'll see if I can fit him in a jiffy bag.

[Skybird]

Just imagine what really important work those guards could have done in those watchdog hours, and what really important issues those 3 million could have been used for.

This comes from trying to think by emotions instead by intellect.

No empathy from me over this.

[Jimbuna]

I think you weant 'sympathy'.....and none from I.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I think you weant 'sympathy'.....and none from I.

Nöö-höö...! Empathy. Mitleid, Mitgefühl. Something like compassion. Dictionary gave me both terms, plus several others.

It's insane to waste public money and service time over this staged affair. Do you know how much money a banker must burn before getting farewelled with a 3 million golden handshake?



Not too much, I assume. 2007 Merrill Lynch'S boss Stanley O'Neill was announcing a quarterly loss of 8 billion, and had to go. To bolster the impact at the bottom of the social ladder a bit, the farewell fee for him was 161 million. US Citigroups loss at that third quarter was 17.5 billion, and thr boss Charles Prince had to go. Instead of a cookie he got 40 million, plus a free bureau, office, secretary, chauffeur for the next couple of years.

I can only recommend: if you want to burn tax money, then do it with style. Do it BIG. Style is all! Place a complete regiment of paradroppers around the Ecuadorian embassy, keep a fightherwing of Typhoons in reserve, and in case Assange still escapes, hold the Tridents on the ready.

[Tchocky]

There are valid warrants for the guy's arrest. He is abusing a tool of diplomatic relations to avoid criminal investigation. The embassy are in violation of diplomatic conventions in harbouring him.

I'm not saying that there should be a human ring of policemen around the embassy, but there should be a presence..

What's the alternative?