Read: everybody who knew him outside the field. And do you have any evidence that the UK is become an Orwellian state? I am really surprised at the cheer amount of irresponsible comments in HN lately.
Your first 4 points apply to virtually every other country I know, to varying degrees. As for jailing the guy, it might sound surprising, but it is only so because a lot of people dont know how advanced the US is in terms of freedom of speech. You can say almost anything and get away with it. Some other countries are moving to that directions, albeit slower that expected. Slamming the UK alone for this ignores general developments across the globe.
"It was not the football world who was praying for [Muamba].... everybody was praying for his life."
What a bullshit - I don't even know who he is and I don't care. I stopped reading here.