So Julian
Assange might be making a move. In a weird press conference a rather
pasty looking Julian announced in that languidly disinterested tone he so seems
to enjoy boring us with that “I’m Leaving but I’m not leaving yet”. There
doesn’t seem to be any point to delaying the inevitable any further if that is
the case. Perhaps he thinks there is still a little more publicity to milk from
this saga. By his side sat the Ecuadorian foreign minister with a rather sickly
smile on his face no doubt wishing he was somewhere else and who must surely
have better things to do with his time.
I imagine
that our Julian does not make a particularly easy guest and that, behind the
scenes, the Ecuadorians would love to see the back of him after 2 years of
hosting what we can probably, and charitably, describe as a very self centred,
delusional, egotistical prima donna. That he should make a lengthy self-serving
public announcement bewailing his sorry (and self-imposed) circumstances when
the level of suffering in places like the middle east is so vast and
terrifying, is a measure of just how out of touch he is. The world has
changed and moved on, where as Julian has stayed put, both very literally and
figuratively speaking too. Most likely, the Ecuadorians, fed up with him,
have politely (or not so politely quite possibly) given Julian notice
that he has to move on by a certain date; hence the strange mixed-message press
announcement. I wonder what they have said to him, perhaps they have told him
he has to move out because they want to redecorate his room, or perhaps they
need his room because the ambassador’s granny is coming to stay. Any excuse to
move him along.
So has
Julian decided to face his accusers? He is very keen for the secrets of others
to be shared as widely as possible on his Wikileaks website, although I doubt
he will publish his own secrets up there. However, two years on, it sounds like
he is now prepared to answer those allegations of sexual assault. He wants to
face justice, tell the truth to a waiting world and clear him name…but not just
yet.
See Julian Assange reappears
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