Could Julian Assange, the man behind WikiLeaks, be leaving the Ecuadorian embassy in London? Maybe. Not sure how smoothly that will go though, as him and his legal team have made an error by “misunderstanding a basic aspect of the new legislation”.

The Home Office has confirmed these changes will not help Mr Assange as they will not apply to things from the past. This means that the moment he walks out of the embassy, he will be arrested.

However, Mr Assange and his legal advisers appeared to have made an embarrassing error by misunderstanding a basic aspect of the new legislation.

The Home Office quickly undermined his key claim by confirming the changes would not apply in the case of Mr Assange, who has been a wanted man in Sweden since 2010, because they are not retrospective.

Mr Assange has claimed political asylum in the embassy for two years. He is wanted in Sweden on sex crime charges. Assange has tried to have these dropped, but to no avail. The US will also want to question him about WikiLeaks.

The foreign minister of Ecuador, Ricardo Patino, has said, “Two years is simply too long, it’s time to free Julian Assange. It’s time for his human rights to be respected.”

Mr Assange has so far cost the British taxpayer £7million. It’s a wonder they’re not rioting about this.

The Daily Telegraph goes in depth.