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I think you're just going to have to accept that there isn't consistency in this one. Cards for dissent and foul and abusive language are completely subjective and context-dependent, and maybe that's just fine. Dunks timing, words, manner of delivery and the match context all conspired against...

It is, of course, possible that a player telling a referee that he's a complete bellend straight to his face is actually a fairly rare occurence

Is it not OK to at least question what we are seeing? Its not as if its a direct accusation of corruption, but suggesting it as one of several possibilities in the abstract shouldn't be libellous? Its not as if referee corruption is some hypothetical, there have been numerous cases around the...

I'm pretty sure he meant to give a yellow then a red, but forgot the yellow bit in the heat of the moment and now they're just saying that was always what he meant to do, to save some embarrassment.

All the BBC stories on the game are now saying two yellows, I'm still not sure it really IS a straight red after all, despite Taylor only showing one yellow and then the red, the official line may still be two yellows

Or called their striker a cheating c**t for diving

I guess i can't. But also can't remember the last time a player got a straight red for something he said to the ref. I reckon it will stay a straight red now to protect the refs integrity, but i still reckon he meant to give a second yellow but just didn't in the heat of the moment

And if, as seems more likely, he called Forest's striker a cheating c**t, is that also worthy of a straight red?

Yes, he was shown a straight red - but I'm sure it was really two yellows and Taylor was just too flustered to pull out his yellow a second time. I'm not sure what offence he could have committed to earn a straight red? If he was shown a straight red rather than a second yellow it could be...