What I particularly don't understand is how his government, my government, Australia, has left him hanging for all this time with never a reproach about the sit

What I particularly don't understand is how his government, my government, Australia, has left him hanging for all this time with never a reproach about the situation. I can only assume that the 5 eyes network is so tightly knit that it's inconceivable to our politicians to do the right thing and say "No, he's one of ours: you might have grievance with him -- but tough luck". Instead, he's been holed up in the embassy of a country that initially had the fortitude to say just that. But since the Equidorian political landscape had shifted, so has the message it has sent. Sadly it shifted to what the Australian government has been doing all along, and has colluded in hanging him out to dry. Tragically, when he arrives on US soil I suspect he in for a very bad time. I don't particularly agree with Assange's methodology, but I find the actions of the Australian and UK political landscape utterly deplorable.