Fresh from the press - Ecuador have granted Assange's claim for Asylum, aided in no small measure by posturing from our government (technically your government as I'm Manx ;-) ) Of course this is academic if he cannot find a viable way to leave the Embassy. Could he apply for Ecuadorean Citizenship or indeed citzenship of a country which does not have an agreed extradition treaty with the UK? Or would it not apply retrospectively? It's at times like this I regret splitting up with that lawyer...V.