Hi Maverick,

"Has Britain resumed its old fix-it - transportation of convicted felons to Australia?"

Nah, Britain never transported any Australians to Australia. Julian Assange is an Australian. The Poms just transported every other nationality including their own, most were guilty of the crime of being poor.

Hi Paul

And most of the upper class crims, rich enough to bribe judges, remained free, in Britain.

Cheers Mavs

Hi Foxy

As usual you make some very sensible comments.

Even if Assange wants a quiet life there is a risk some in the Wikileaks circle may persuade him to again become the face of Wikileaks - again attracting Western secrets.

This would be a political and security embarrassment for Albo.

Mavs

Maverick, one agrees firstly much of the Wikileaks dumps apparently had hallmarks of FSB/GRU by including reams of useless info and nothing new except confirming, quelle surprise, that there is collateral damage in conflicts.

The Tampere University Finland based Russian disinfo research team Vatnik Soup have much on Assange, Wikileaks, Farage and others in thrall to Putin

'During the US 2016 presidential election, WikiLeaks released hacked emails and documents from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. Cybersecurity experts stated that the attack on the DNC server was conducted by GRU' (& according to Mother Jones referencing Senate Intelligence Committee and Mueller Report, allegations that Farage handed over USB to Assange)

https://vatniksoup.com/en/soups/269/

On Ukraine, problem solved, maybe he can apply for a 'researcher' position at the Budapest (anti-EU/NATO) Danube Institute, partnered with Koch's (anti-Ukraine) Heritage Foundation and funded by a foundation under PM 'mini Putin' Orban, which employs Fox Board and UK Trade Advisor Tony Abbott, who was just conveniently sanctioned by Russia?

Further, like the Anglosphere, Hungarian government is buddying up with fellow far right populist travellers in Austria, Czechia & Slovakia to become Trojan horse in EU and Parliament on fossil fuels/renewables, immigration and Ukraine.....