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Gary McKinnon (Extradition)

Does the Home Secretary not appreciate that the vast majority of the public, listening to his fine words, will not understand a word of the way in which he has used one bit of an article and another bit of an article? They will see the Government not standing up for a British citizen in a very difficult situation—not someone who does not want to be tried, but someone who wants to be tried in this country. Will they not regard the French Government's treatment of someone such as Roman Polanski, who is not even in their country, as the way in which citizens should be stood up for? Will the Home Secretary not see that, even at this stage, he could find a way around this if he really wanted to prevent Gary McKinnon from being extradited?