Snooker player Stephen Lee has been banned from playing competitive snooker for twelve years as a punishment for match-fixing.
This compares with the squalid world of professional football. Vinnie Jones was given a suspended ban in 1992 for bringing that game into disrepute, followed by an indefinite ban which was later converted to a four-match ban. He then went on to enjoy a successful career as an actor, cashing in on his violent persona.
Next time someone punches you in the face, reflect that there might be far less violence on the streets of Britain if aggressive football players were punished with anything like the severity accorded to Stephen Lee - and I'm not even sure if he has any history of violence.
In other news, at least one pompous newspaper columnist is arguing that Labour could win the next general election as a result - in part at least - of disgruntled Tories voting UKIP.
The truth is however that millions of people in this country have had enough of the Tory/LibDem coalition government, and want a change. Neither the Labour Party nor UKIP are to blame for that. David Cameron has from the outset acted like a Prime Minister wanting to lose power, and his wish may well come true in 2015.
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