{"id":1204760,"date":"2022-01-10T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204760"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:07:27","slug":"farage-djokovic-has-won-the-first-big-victory-against-coronavirus-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farage-djokovic-has-won-the-first-big-victory-against-coronavirus-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Farage: Djokovic has Won the First &#039;Big Victory&#039; Against Coronavirus State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffarage-djokovic-has-won-the-first-big-victory-against-coronavirus-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204760&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1019640744-1-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Brexit\u2019s Nigel Farage hailed the Australian court\u2019s decision to overturn the revocation of tennis star Novak Djokovic\u2019s visa as the first \u201cbig victory against the big state\u201d in the pandemic era but warned that should Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrest the Serb again, Australia is nothing more than a \u201cbanana republic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the world\u2019s number one ranked tennis player, Serbia\u2019s Novak Djokovic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/09\/free-to-play-australian-court-reinstates-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-visa\/\">won an appeal<\/a> against his deportation over refusing to take a coronavirus vaccine, given that the tennis star had proof of recovery from the Wuhan virus and therefore fulfilled his obligations to gain a visa from the local Victorian government to compete in the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Brexit leader and GB News host Nigel Farage, who travelled over the weekend to Belgrade to meet with the Djokovic family, said that the court victory represented the first major victory against the \u201cbig state\u201d since the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first really big victory against the big state which has grown so much over the course of the last two years since this pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe firmly in freedom of choice and hey he hasn\u2019t had the vaccine that\u2019s up to a young fit athlete like Djokovic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think is a really big victory overnight a big victory for freedom of choice, a big victory for common sense, I\u2019m just crossing the fingers and hoping that it stays that way,\u201d Farage said.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the ruling, the judge said that the federal government still had the authority to revoke Djokovic\u2019s visa. Following the ruling the Immigration Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/01\/09\/novak-djokovic-latest-news-australian-open-verdict-covid-vaccine\/\">said<\/a> that the case remains open, meaning the government may yet deport the star.<\/p>\n<p>Should he be deported, Djokovic faces the possibility of a three-year ban from Australia, a prospect which would severely hamper his ability to rise in the ranks of Grand Slam winners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Australia a country that is based on the rule of law or is it a country where governments can exercise arbitrary power? If that judgment this morning is overruled, what\u2019s the difference between Australia and a banana republic?\u201d Mr Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QyQw94yQJ2M\">questioned<\/a> on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage Backs Djokovic Against &#8216;Big, Bullying, Nasty Government&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PzRXiygNts\">https:\/\/t.co\/PzRXiygNts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1479870276389195779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.uk\/news\/novak-djokovic-is-like-an-animal-in-a-trap-his-uncle-exclusively-tells-gb-news\/201765\">intverview<\/a> from Belgrade, Novak Djokovic\u2019s uncle Goran told Mr Farage: \u201cIf they issued a visa for him and then they arrest him, then for me this is like a trap for the animals, like a wolf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still don\u2019t believe this is happening in the 21st century,\u201d Goran said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey invite him to come then they trap him and try to put him in jail. They are trying to put him on his knees but it is not possible, we are Serbian, we are a very proud Serbian nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The tennis great\u2019s uncle went on to attack Prime Minister Scott Morrison, saying: \u201cScott [Morrison] has to take care of his position for the next election, I don\u2019t know if his PR told him if they think it would be good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a feeling he will no longer be Prime Minister after April, this is what I hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some in the tennis world have critisised Mr Farage for getting involved in the Djokovic saga, inclduing Scotland\u2019s Andy Murray who wrote on social media to the Brexit leader: \u201cPlease record the awkward moment when you tell them you\u2019ve spent most of your career campaigning to have people from Eastern Europe deported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Andy, you clearly don\u2019t understand politics or the Brexit campaign but are filled with prejudice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConcentrate on the tennis and, a word of advice, crack a smile every now and again,\u201d Mr Farage replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Andy, you clearly don&#8217;t understand politics or the Brexit campaign but are filled with prejudice.<\/p>\n<p>Concentrate on the tennis and, a word of advice, crack a smile every now and again. \ud83d\ude03 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8s943WUSQ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/8s943WUSQ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1480472824884117506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brexit\u2019s Nigel Farage hailed the Australian court\u2019s decision to overturn the revocation of tennis star Novak Djokovic\u2019s visa as the first \u201cbig victory against the big state\u201d in the pandemic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}