Julian Assange and ‘Balcony incidents’: Wishful thinking from UK Government?

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The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) website, has a rather unfortunate (some people may say deliberate) juxtaposition of images on its homepage.

The page shows William Hague, the First Secretary of State, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs center-frame with his comments about Wikileakes founder Julian Assange, who made an Eva Peron-like appearance at a balcony of the Ecuador Embassy in London today. Now note the item top corner on:

“Balcony Incidents – 13 incidents of falls this year”

Coincidence? Unfortunate gaffe? Or, wishful thinking? I think we should be told.

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With thanks to Sarah Smith