Likening Mr Shipton to Navalny is the height of hipocracy. When did Navalny live in exile or hide from the courts? Did he get a fair trial? Did the Russian government fund Navalny's activism? Was Mr Shipton poisoned by American agents as Navalny was poisoned by Russian agents? Other than a fanciful claim of a CIA plot to kill him, Mr Shipton's legal team has presented no further arguments against his extradition. It is simply another attempt to avoid facing a trial by this gutless worm.

The UK judges have opted against making an immediate
decision in Assange's final attempt to block
extradition.

It is unclear when they will issue their ruling. We're
told that if Assange fails, he could be extradited
within weeks.

Lawyers for the US government have urged the British
court to reject Assange's arguments for various reasons
including the important fact that Assange was merely exposing
"state-level crimes," which is an act that is protected
conduct under UK law.

It will be interesting to see what the UK judges decide.

One would think that the UK judges would make their
decision according to UK law. It would be disturbing if
they didn't.

There's also a disconnect between the US treatment of
Assange and Manning. US President Obama commuted
Manning's 35 year sentence to seven years. Manning was
released in 2017.

The current appeal is against the High Court judgement on Mr Shipton's extradition. That his legal team presented no further evidence than a CIA conspiracy theory to murder Mr Shipton, I guess that the plan all along was to hope that a sympathetic politician would pardon him. I've had enough of this revolting narcissist. I wish they would lock him up forever and throw away the key.

Hi Fester,

I like the Scottish proverb:

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

So stay strong - tomorrow is Friday.