I watched a bit of Sky News just now and to be fair they gave a reasonable account of the events in England overnight.

Sky interviewed Richard Caborn. He told everyone how proud he was of the laws he'd been involved in creating in 2000 to penalize the loutish behaviour/racism of fans.

What occurred to me is penalizing it isn't really solving the problem. Shouldn't we be trying to find out why people hold the idiotic views and seeking treatment for them? In other words treat the disease.