I have not made up my mind about Julian Assange and that does not really matter. In an effort to get a better understanding of the man, I have been watching his show on RT but it is his guests that I am getting to know better instead. Take for instance Moncef Marzouki, the new President of Tunisia. He comes across as sincere and was quite candid in describing the most frustrating thing for him in carrying out his duty as President while striving to remain the human rights activist he has always been.

I find that refreshing. A President who agonises over the duties he must perform as head of state because he has not forgotten why and how he got in to power. There too many leaders today who take cold decisions without regard to their conscience or the collateral damage. Marzouki, however, is a man who spent four months in solitary confinement and who understand the terrible psychological torture that can be visited upon a human being. He is using that experience not for vengeance but, trying to do what he feels best for his country despite all the pressures around him. I wish him luck and consistency and hope that the trappings of power will not, in time, change him to the contrary.