I'm slightly worried about saying this; but doesn't it look like most of the liberal/left, whatever that means anymore, have abandoned him to his fate? Or do things change once the extradition proceedings start in earnest next year? It still seems remarkable to me that Assange can be treated so viciously and so few people in the media protest or even bother to mention it. That little 'prefect' Owen Jones is totally silent about Assange and Manning and how these people are being crushed under the heal of the jackboot state. So many people in public life these days seem so cowed and lacking in elementary principles and backbone.