At last.

Rejoice - total victory!  The Home Secretary has said that in view of the vote in the House of Lords last month (see post dated 10/12/12) the government will legislate to remove the word "insulting" from Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986.  Shame it's taken so long for common sense to prevail and of course it doesn't help those who have fallen foul of it over the years but, as my Gran used to say, we should be thankful for mercies, however small they may be.