Who will last the week?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:27 pm
Boris Johnson or Novak Djokovic?
Boris has finally apologized for holding a BYOB event at 10 Downing Street while the rest of the country was locked down. His 'apology' is so full of holes it's pretty much on a par with what we know of the guy: he's a lying piece of shit who will say anything which serves his interests.
Djokovic is of course in trouble with the Aussie immigration people. Although I don't like his persona and I usually root against him regardless of who he is playing (there are worse characters on the tour, so it's not always) I had some sympathy. He's a notorious anti-vaxxer but it appeared to me that he had played by the rules in this instance. (The rules could be clearer: no shot, no play - but they are what they are.)
It now appears that his immigration form (prepared by a minion, according to Djokovic although yesterday his team were claiming that Tennis Australia had completed the firm) had an error. He had in fact traveled in the 14 days prior to his entry to Australia despite his declaration that he had not.
But also according to Der Spiegel (English translation available here) his purported test on which his medical exemption rests is a bit iffy. The alleged date does not (or rather did not before it was mysteriously changed) match the QR code and the serial number of the test is several days out of sequence. It's difficult to think of an innocent explanation . . .
Boris has finally apologized for holding a BYOB event at 10 Downing Street while the rest of the country was locked down. His 'apology' is so full of holes it's pretty much on a par with what we know of the guy: he's a lying piece of shit who will say anything which serves his interests.
Djokovic is of course in trouble with the Aussie immigration people. Although I don't like his persona and I usually root against him regardless of who he is playing (there are worse characters on the tour, so it's not always) I had some sympathy. He's a notorious anti-vaxxer but it appeared to me that he had played by the rules in this instance. (The rules could be clearer: no shot, no play - but they are what they are.)
It now appears that his immigration form (prepared by a minion, according to Djokovic although yesterday his team were claiming that Tennis Australia had completed the firm) had an error. He had in fact traveled in the 14 days prior to his entry to Australia despite his declaration that he had not.
But also according to Der Spiegel (English translation available here) his purported test on which his medical exemption rests is a bit iffy. The alleged date does not (or rather did not before it was mysteriously changed) match the QR code and the serial number of the test is several days out of sequence. It's difficult to think of an innocent explanation . . .