I dislike Assange and his politics and I'm not that keen on those who accord him with messiah status. Same time, this looks like a bit of petty revenge from the British state, even if entirely expected. For me the real issue is if he ever goes to Sweden.
Always the case though isn't it? Fuck with the justice system and they throw the book at you. Still, its hard to think of a worse case of skipping bail, at least your common crook will high tail it to Spain or Brazil. He just hid is plain sight sticking two fingers up. He was always going to get close to the maximum sentence.