Assange is completely different - it's a totally separate legal process / thing. Not all extraditions are the same.
What this will trigger is a discussion around the UK/US extradition treaty, but that's got nothing to do with Assange right now. If the US had actually issued an extradition request then it would be important.
The European Arrest Warrant process, which is what Assange is wanted under, is rather different and really not subject to the same kind of political wrangling, mainly because it's part of a raft of EU measures to ensure free trade and borders (if it helps you can think of the EAW as part of a trade: EU citizens get to live and work in any EU country without a permit or visa, but to balance that there needs to be a system to allow swift repatriation of criminal suspects).
There is very little scope for political wrangling with regards to European Arrest Warrants - the same can't be said for individual extradition treaties.
What this will trigger is a discussion around the UK/US extradition treaty, but that's got nothing to do with Assange right now. If the US had actually issued an extradition request then it would be important.
The European Arrest Warrant process, which is what Assange is wanted under, is rather different and really not subject to the same kind of political wrangling, mainly because it's part of a raft of EU measures to ensure free trade and borders (if it helps you can think of the EAW as part of a trade: EU citizens get to live and work in any EU country without a permit or visa, but to balance that there needs to be a system to allow swift repatriation of criminal suspects).
There is very little scope for political wrangling with regards to European Arrest Warrants - the same can't be said for individual extradition treaties.