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If social media existed way back in the old days, No #169: John Betjeman issues grovelling apology to residents of Slough

Yep, the true analogy would be Evans admitted he bombed Guildford but hey, there was nothing wrong with doing that - and getting his online mob of fans to harrass Guildford bomb survivors

Yep that's right - but I would hope outside campaigners would leave him be if he rejoined somewhere below Conf North.

That's right and trying to muddy the waters with comparisons to other crimes is utterly pointless as it won't whitewash the fact that Evans RAPED a defenceless girl and decent people won't go and cheer on a person like that.

The bottom line is families don't want to go and cheer on rapists. He'll have to find another job to do, plenty of careers in the world you can carry out out of the public eye. Sex offenders face many limits on the jobs they can go back to, should have thought of that before he changed this poor...

I hope Sheff Utd do the right thing. There is no "right" to play professional football, players get rejected for all kinds of reasons such as temperament, personality lack of team work, "attitude" etc, raping a woman who couldn't defend herself can be reasonably slotted in under all those don't...

Agreed - part (not all, but part) of the problem is the money footballers earn. Is this a fair and impartial reason? It's a tricky one and I don't know the answer for sure. At the end of the day, we will all have our own individual views on this, and any football club will take into account the...

The case of the hedge funder who fare dodged $43,000 was a case in point. He would struggle to go back to any job that involved certification of financial probity.

I agree it's a moral minefield - and I tend to err on the side being liberal in giving people second chances. But I think the guiding criteria has to be rehabilitation out of the public limelight. That's tough for those with jobs that involve having a public audience of course, but a balance has...

Private organisations have always had the right to decide who they employ, so the answer is always. A serious sexual crime conviction is a reasonable criteria for not employing somebody is a sport marketed at kids and in which your customer base may well include many survivors of sexual abuse -...

We have justice systems. What that decides counts, not tittle tattle

I'm a big supporter of people being given second chances in life. But there is a problem with football, which is something marketed at families and kids and which players become heroes and role models for the young. Difficult to draw the line I know but Evans getting the usual overpaid...