Calls to reduce Met Police's 24/7 Julian Assange guard   Calls
have been made for the Metropolitan Police to reduce its 24-hour
guard on the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge where the
founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, is staying.  Scotland Yard
said it had spent nearly £3m on the operation since the
website's founder was granted asylum there last June.  Caroline
Pidgeon, deputy chair of the police and crime committee, said
the government should pay the costs while Dai Davis, former head
of Met Police royalty protection, said the force should reduce
the guard.