> Just picking a nit here, but IIRC Assange was not arrested by UK authorities to be extradited to the US

Ok, fair. My recollection was that they did both at about the same time, though subsequent focus on the (clearly motivated) US extradition rather overshadow the Swedish issues (which don't look politically motivated to me; though obviously that's what they want me to think :P).

That the UK didn't bother to tell Sweden is even more egregious given what you say.