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Which is strange as the UK had little skin in the game to begin with
by hardlianotion 8y ago
Which is strange as the UK had little skin in the game to begin with
- rudiv 8y agoI think trying to maintain the 'special relationship' is their skin in the game.
- DyslexicAtheist 8y agothe word lapdog or poodle comes to mind.
- foldr 8y agoThe state can't be seen to wink at skipping bail, or everyone would be doing it. I don't think you need to look for any deeper explanation than that.
- hardlianotion 8y agoAgreed. But it is ironic.
- belorn 8y agoThat is a nice sentiment but I would like see the police budget if they start to spend the same amount of resources on all bail skips. Everyone being equal within the eyes of the law. The police budget for the Assange case was about £3.5m per year. That is a lot of money which could be used in order to address other areas which the police is accused of turning a blind eye to.
- foldr 8y agoYes, because the Assange case was in the public eye. It's particularly important to uphold the law when everyone is looking. If spending more resources for that reason conflicts with your ideals, then that's not a point I'm looking to argue here. My point is just that it doesn't take a conspiracy theory to explain why the UK was willing to spend this much money. Consider for example all the money that the police spent looking for Madeline Mcann (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-madeleine-mccann-search-operation-grange-funding-money-a8275351.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-madel...). Was she any more important than any other missing child? Not really. Was there a geopolitical motive? Obviously not. But hey, she was in the news.