{"id":1205751,"date":"2022-01-10T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205751"},"modified":"2022-01-10T18:05:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:05:20","slug":"delingpole-djokovic-has-exposed-australia-as-worlds-biggest-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delingpole-djokovic-has-exposed-australia-as-worlds-biggest-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Delingpole: Djokovic Has Exposed Australia as World&#039;s Biggest Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fdelingpole-djokovic-has-exposed-australia-as-worlds-biggest-joke%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=1205751&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-1237616678-e1641840829203-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Traditionally Australians hate being confused with New Zealanders and vice versa. The Antipodean rivalry runs deep. But any minute now I expect a rush of Australians trying to disguise their accents, pronouncing \u2018Yes\u2019 to rhyme with \u2018Piss\u2019 and calling \u2018fish and chips\u2019 \u2018fush and chups\u2019, boasting about their <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> scenery, and praising their horse-faced, pipe-smoking, Beijing-controlled Prime Minister \u2013 all in a desperate attempt to pretend they are Kiwis.<\/p>\n<p>Why would they do such a thing? Because Australia has stolen the crown previously held by Canada (or arguably New Zealand) as the most embarrassing country in the world. It\u2019s not the Australian people\u2019s fault (well, only a bit: they can\u2019t help being descended from convicts and prison warders) but the fault of their heroically useless political class. Peevish, petty, bullying, irrational, slippery, dishonest, CCP-controlled, authoritarian and quite epically thick, Australia\u2019s governing class is so inept and wrongheaded that it threatens to make even Kazakhstan\u2019s look like a model of integrity.<\/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>This has been evident for some time: the fascistic zeal with which state premier Dan Andrews has locked down Victoria; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/24\/delingpole-australian-army-puts-covid-19-close-contacts-into-quarantine-camps\/\">quarantine camps imposed on the unvaccinated by Northern Territory chief minister Michael Gunner<\/a>. But now Australia has gone right to the top of the global superleague of Clown Nations by fighting \u2014 and losing \u2013 an entirely unnecessary war with tennis star Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic is one of the world\u2019s greatest sporting superstars \u2013 probably more famous than any Australian. Perhaps even more famous than Australia itself. He holds the joint record for Grand Slam men\u2019s singles titles (20); he is the world number one men\u2019s singles tennis player and has been so for the longest period. So any host nation that stages a tennis tournament and excludes him from entry is effectively rendering the event quite meaningless because whoever wins will have been denied the chance to take on the reigning world champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage: Djokovic has Won the First \u2018Big Victory\u2019 Against Coronavirus State <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XMdrKUgy0N\">https:\/\/t.co\/XMdrKUgy0N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1480614163915358223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Yet (in what the world\u2019s headline writers are all wittily describing as an \u2018unforced error\u2019) this is what Australia has just gone and done. Djokovic flew over from his home in Serbia to play in the Australian Open. But instead of being welcomed by the Australian authorities (who ought surely to be desperate for a bit of bread and circuses to distract the increasingly fractious populace from Australia\u2019s Covid Nazi impositions), Djovokic found himself chucked into a grim and spartan quarantine hotel as punishment for not having been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is fiercely, committedly anti-compulsory-vaccination and refuses to discuss his own vaccination status.&nbsp;This was widely known before Djokovic flew to Australia. Not without reason is he nicknamed \u2018Novac\u2019. So to ensure his appearance in the tournament Tennis Australia (which organises the Australian Open) chose to give him a \u2018medical exemption\u2019 from Australia\u2019s strict regulations which require visitors to the country to be fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>You can argue that this is a case of \u2018one law for celebrities and another for the plebs\u2019. But this, for better or for worse, is how the world works. The private jet class \u2013 Hollywood stars, corporate executives, politicians etc \u2013 has been flouting vaccine rules for the last year or so. Bankable top talents have always been given special treatment so why, you might counter, should it be any different with vaccines?<\/p>\n<p>If Australia\u2019s government had taken this pragmatic approach to Djokovic then it wouldn\u2019t be in the mess it\u2019s in now.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it decided to make a political example of him by rescinding his exemption, cancelling his visa and incarcerating him in a quarantined hotel. \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F8zutALKpUY\">Rules are rules\u2019<\/a> declared Scott Morrison, Australia\u2019s kitten-weak excuse for a Prime Minister, presumably trying to appeal to the Aussies\u2019 pathological chippiness (or, as they\u2019d call it, their \u2018sense of fair play.\u2019)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr Djokovic\u2019s visa has been cancelled. Rules are rules, especially when it comes to our borders. No one is above these rules. Our strong border policies have been critical to Australia having one of the lowest death rates in the world from COVID, we are continuing to be vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottMorrisonMP\/status\/1478848008363991049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But these words have now come back to haunt Morrison. After fighting the Australian federal government\u2019s decision in the Australian High Court, Djokovic has won his case. Turns out (in the court\u2019s view) that Djokovic\u2019s exemption was legitimate, after all. Djokovic claimed prior immunity having recently suffered a bout of Covid and the court supported this view.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m pleased and grateful that the Judge overturned my visa cancellation. Despite all that has happened,I want to stay and try to compete <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AustralianOpen<\/a> <br \/>I remain focused on that. I flew here to play at one of the most important events we have in front of the amazing fans. \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJVbMfQ037\">pic.twitter.com\/iJVbMfQ037<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole\/status\/1480529173789696001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Djokovic\u2019s battles may not be over yet. It\u2019s entirely possible that the Australian federal government will decide to play hardball, overrule the court\u2019s decision, rescind Djokovic\u2019s visa and deport him back to Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>But regardless of what happens from this point on, Djokovic will be the winner, and the Australian government very much the loser.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>These comments from Twitter \u2013 under the hashtag #Australiahasfallen and #IstandwithNovak \u2013 give an indication of the popular mood.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is nuts. Australia are losing their minds. If Djokovic and every other visitor just does a LTF, proves they arent carrying the virus\u2026then thats sufficient. Why drag humanity through the gutter with this ridiculous vaccine mandate stance. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoVaccineMandates?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoVaccineMandates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/istandwithnovak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#istandwithnovak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cyQFkyBPyd\">https:\/\/t.co\/cyQFkyBPyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ruudboy (@RuudboyMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuudboyMMA\/status\/1480498124321923073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hope Australians realize that their country has been turning into North Korea for the past 2 years. Is this the path they want to be continued or will they stand up for themselves? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AustraliaHasFallen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AustraliaHasFallen<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeNovak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeNovak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/istandwithnovak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#istandwithnovak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milly (@tzinky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tzinky\/status\/1480320798372073474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Australian government sought to make a high profile example of Djokovic. Instead, it has ended up with egg all over its face.<\/p>\n<p>Had the Australian authorities turned a blind eye towards Djokovic\u2019s vaccine status there would have been complaints from certain quarters. But the furore would not have been nearly as great as the one that Australia\u2019s foolish behaviour has now generated.<\/p>\n<p>Up till now, surprisingly little of the world\u2019s attention has been focused on Australia\u2019s descent into biosecurity totalitarianism. That\u2019s because, sadly, for geographical reasons, most people consider Australia to be a far off country of which they know little and about which they care even less.<\/p>\n<p>By picking on one of the world\u2019s most famous sporting superstars, though, Australia has suddenly drawn attention to itself. The rock has been lifted and (no disrespect to the Australian people, only to their appallingly useless political class) and the underside has been revealed to be swarming with cockroaches.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, Australian federal government v Novak Djokovic has been utterly disastrous for the cause of vaccine passports and vaccine regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic emerges as a bigger hero than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s image will not recover for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally Australians hate being confused with New Zealanders and vice versa. The Antipodean rivalry runs deep. 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