Owen Jones Is Wrong About the Accusations Against Julian Assange

Owen Jones, author of the excellent book Chavs, has a piece in today’s Independent in which he argues that Ecuador should not offer asylum to Julian Assange.

Jones seems to miss the point that Assange has not been charged with anything. Not rape, not any sex crime. Two women he was having sex with got angry and made some accusations only after they found out about each other. I have seen not a shred of evidence to suggest that he might be guilty of such crimes, which is probably why - ag...