Now the path to the finals has cleared right up for Michael Ymer. Go Sweden!
Who is going to respect such a vicory when the current champion has been blocked from participating?
He blocked himself from participating by being an anti-vax idiot.
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It's not dead yet and to fit the times I'd suggest renaming it to Australian Closed
It will not be known as the tournament where the best player wins, but as the tournament where the best vaccinated player wins, because the best player was not allowed to participate. It's not a top league tournament anymore, when you don't have all the best player, but only those that are allowed by government criteria.
I'm pretty sure they are many criterias that would prevent a top player from participating.
It's the best player who is not injured, has not taken any drug, is not sick, accepts all the rules of the ATP, including all the anti doping procedures all year long which are pretty invasive, who can get a visa to come to the tournament, etc etc.
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It's pretty strange to say an elected official isn't representing the public or that this didn't have popular support.
You elect a person with all his baggage. You can't selectively (dis)agree with single topics outside a referrendum. That or having another official stand up and wave his finger. In the end, asking for and monitoring public opinion is an important democratic reality check.
I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say but... it's the purpose of elections to gauge public opinion of government actions.
https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/1481535321204727809
On top of that taking this to a referendum would have been a waste of money and time.
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There’s no vaccination requirement for entering the UK.
Really? Would you happen to have any relevant link? Was this a recent change or has this always been the case?
It's trivial to find: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-c...
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#77David Crowe writes in The Age https://archive.ph/Ohx6d The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? Angering those Australians would have been a huge danger for Morrison when he…
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#79Completely absurd behavior from the Australian authorities. They knew he wasn’t vaccinated from the get go, yet gave him an exemption which they later withdrew after he entered the country. No way to treat anyone, international tennis star or not.
Even disregarding that the exemption was issued by the tennis association to play in the tournament, not for entering the country… it was predicated on him being able to provide a valid medical reason, _and_ not lying on his entry documents. Neither of which he managed to do.