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		rlpb on April 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Julian Assange arrested in London I wonder if the expense was solely borne by the UK taxpayer or if foreign interests helped finance it.

guitarbill on April 11, 2019 | [–]

Obviously the tax payer. If there was any payments from foreign interests, they're more likely to end up in a Cayman Island bank account than HMRC's coffers.

newsgremlin on April 11, 2019 | [–]

Let's just say the UK taxpayer is paying to keep a "special relationship". Whatever the real value of that is to citizens will remain a mystery.

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