So the Wikileaks bloke is up in arms because…files about him have been leaked. Just read the article – the stench of hypocrisy and double standards is enough to knock you out at a hundred yards downwind.

But, annoyed though he might be about that, there’s a classic line to treasure in this article. No wonder he’s furious.

Incriminating police files were published in the British newspaper that has used him as its source for hundreds of leaked US embassy cables.

In a move that surprised many of Mr Assange’s closest supporters on Saturday, The Guardian newspaper published previously unseen police documents that accused Mr Assange in graphic detail of sexually assaulting two Swedish women. One witness is said to have stated: “Not only had it been the world’s worst screw, it had also been violent.”

Bjorn Hurtig, Mr Assange’s Swedish lawyer, said he would lodge a formal complaint to the authorities and ask them to investigate how such sensitive police material leaked into the public domain. “It is with great concern that I hear about this because it puts Julian and his defence in a bad position,” he told a colleague.

TheEye takes great comfort that someone has now contradicted the loudly restaurant-delivered verdict of one particular disatisfied ex-girlfriend of mine. “The world’s worst” was a bit harsh…