Spending by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
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Re: Spending by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
#2Just to play devil's advocate here: How are Sweden supposed to promise not to extradite him to the US? Wouldn't that depend on what kind of possible extradition request would arrive, if any?
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#3All that money just to get one guy tested on HIV.
Re: Spending by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
#4Send the bill to Ecuador, or slap a duty on imports. Job done.
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#5Whenever big numbers are thrown around, there is a need to put them in perspective. However, I don't think "number of meals" or "teachers hired" are good or relevant perspectives.
The UK police budget is about £3.5 billion. So this expense is about 0.3% of that.
The UK budget is about £700 trillion, if I remember correctly. So this expense is about 0.0000014% of that.
Re: Spending by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
#6Just to play devil's advocate here: How are Sweden supposed to promise not to extradite him to the US? Wouldn't that depend on what kind of possible extradition request would arrive, if any?
Yes. There is nobody in Sweden with the power to make such an advance promise. It's simply impossible, by law. This is generally a good thing.
Re: Spending by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
#7Good to see the linked John Pilger piece repeats the disingenuous "not charged" claim
Re: Spending by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
#8Whenever big numbers are thrown around, there is a need to put them in perspective. However, I don't think "number of meals" or "teachers hired" are good or relevant perspectives. The UK police budget is about £3.5 billion. So this expense is about 0.3% of that. The UK budget is about £700 trillion, if I remember correctly. So this expense is about 0.0000014% of that.
£700 billion - not £700 trillion!
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Re: Spending by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
#10Whenever big numbers are thrown around, there is a need to put them in perspective. However, I don't think "number of meals" or "teachers hired" are good or relevant perspectives. The UK police budget is about £3.5 billion. So this expense is about 0.3% of that. The UK budget is about £700 trillion, if I remember correctly. So this expense is about 0.0000014% of that.
To put your numbers in perspective: the cost of Julian Assange being kept in the embassy is not policing all of the UK for a day or so.
That is, the cost of keeping Assange under watch is the same as what would be spent on 1 average day of policing for the entire country.
If I were a UK citizen concerned about local crime rates, I'd be mildly ticked off they were spending 1 nationwide police day on some guy rather than dealing with crimes over the entire rest of the country.