Asterix the Gual,
Ecuador did make him a diplomat a couple of weeks ago.
The UK Foreign Office refused to accept his status - which is apparently a legal grey area. They didn't declare him persona non grata, because that would technically accept that he had the status, and therefore had the legal right to leave the country. Instead they challenged Ecuador to lawyer-up and try their luck in court.
That's a case that would got all the way to the Supreme Court, and maybe off to Europe (ECJ or ECHR?) or even the ICC in the Hague. So Assange could probaby sit out the rest of the statute of limitations on his case for alleged rape. Of course Ecuador would have to put up with him in their embassy all that time... Not to mention all that cash funnelled towards m'learned friends.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
