Drink driver gets a ban, even if he has not been in an accident or incident, he gets a one year ban minimum, regardless. Driver causes accident, crashes own car, drives without insurance/tax/license, or speeds through 20/30mph zone, gets a few points and a tiny fine.
Drink driving is socially...
Oh no, not at all, just glad that they might (according to you) have some informers, should to keep me, my friends and family safe. If it gets them banned, their faces in the press and warns other Police Forces who can prevent them attending matches elsewhere, then what's not to like?
The bit at the end seems to contradict the entire content of the bulk of the article. They seem to have put the sensationalist stuff at the start, to get everyone all indignant, then put the reality at the end, by that time everyone's gone off Twittering it.