News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Oliver Brown has written a stirring tribute to the defiance and determination of Novak Djokovic, who "stuck it to the two countries who locked him out" by winning in both the U.S. and Australia this year.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has written to President Biden to ask him to end the "absurd" ban on tennis number one Novak Djokovic from entering the United States to play at the Miami Open due to his vaccination status.
Australia's decision to field a Covid-positive cricketer at the Commonwealth Games has sparked claims of hypocrisy given the country's hard line on lockdowns and its decision to deport Novak Djokovic over the vaccine.
Novak Djokovic will not be allowed to play in the U.S. Open in August due to his declining the COVID-19 vaccine – an unhappy reminder that the U.S. continues to discriminate ruthlessly against unvaccinated visitors.
U.S. tennis legend John McEnroe has led calls for President Joe Biden to ease the “ridiculous” Covid ban on unvaccinated people entering the country to allow Novak Djokovic to compete at the U.S. open.
Novak Djokovic will be free to defend his Wimbledon title after the All England Club confirmed Covid vaccinations will not be needed to compete in this year's Championships. He will also be allowed to play in Paris.
Grael Monfils, France's No 1 men's tennis player, has withdrawn from the Davis Cup due to an adverse reaction to the booster jab. Maybe Djoko's not such a loon after all!
World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis competitions than be forced to get a Covid vaccine, adding he was not anti-vaccine but supported a person's right to choose.
The cancellation of Djokovic's valid visa because his presence may "foster anti-vaccination sentiment" is a nakedly political act of which all Australians should be utterly ashamed.
There were cynics who doubted the clowns who run Australia could maintain their standards of idiocy into this third year of pandemonium, but here they come again, tripping over their giant shoes as they enter the ring.
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