The Political Week on Twitter: Assange special

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The Assange row is the stuff that Twitter storms are made of and it hasn't let up all week.

@DuncanStott - Shooting George Galloway in the face - not murder, just 'bad gun etiquette'.

@ShippersUnbound - Loving George Galloway's attempt to out-vile Assange... 'No I'm the biggest tool on the left. Get me a TV camera. Me, me, me, me, me, me...'

@PlatoSays - Julian Assange threatens to make the EU look good

‏@jayrayner1 - George Galloway on why the charges against Assange aint rape: 'Not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion.' Well I bloody do.

‏@LFFKatie - In politics, all my least favourite people are called George

@wallaceme - I'll give a tenner to anyone who pushes the fire alarm in the Ecuadorian embassy.

@stevenradams - "@georgegalloway: Did you know she had several dates withAssange AFTER the alleged "rape" You useful idiots!" Dear Lord. Somebody stop him.

@jamesrbuk - BTW, around 100 people a month are extradited from the UK on European Arrest Warrants. So around 2,000 have gone during theAssange case.

@lexingtondymock - I don't think I can deal with any more Assange or rape stuff this week, tweeters. Maybe I'll start talking about bunny rabbits or something.

@helenlewis - Google the name of one of the Assange accusers & you see a pic calling her "Slut of The Year". And people ask why anonymity is important.

@JeromeTaylor - Nice little factoid. Ecuador embassy officials had to go to ambassador's house to pick up an air mattress the day JulianAssange turned up

@Heresy_Corner - I can imagine Julian Assange becoming a tourist attraction, like Garbo in her declining years.

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