It appears under UK law the Prime Minister could denounce the embassy as no longer Ecuadorian territory.
The UK government has 'reminded' Ecuador of this fact in an attempt to influence their decision.
The UK government has 'reminded' Ecuador of this fact in an attempt to influence their decision.
It may well be that the wonderful British police or SAS could smoothly extract Assange, however, what happens if the not so wonderful Ecuadorian authorities decided to lay some sort of siege to the British Embassy in Ecuador? Are British authorities really prepared to risk that?
Don't forget that Assange is not and asylum "seeker" anymore, but that he has in fact been granted asylum. In other words, under international law, he is and Ecuadorian Citizen and unless Britain decides to transgress International Law and effectively declare war on Ecuador, no amount of sabre rattling will amount to anything at all.