To tie it back the earlier post about CoL plod:
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A spokeswoman for the force said: "The CPS review of the case includes advice on what action or behaviour at a demonstration might be considered to be threatening, abusive or insulting.
"The force's policing of future demonstrations will reflect this advice."
A CPS spokesman said: "In consultation with the City of London police, we were asked whether the sign, which read 'Scientology is not a religion it is a dangerous cult', was abusive or insulting.
"Our advice is that it is not abusive or insulting and there is no offensiveness, as opposed to criticism, neither in the idea expressed nor in the mode of expression. No action will be taken against the individual."
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So, the police said they asked the prosecutors if it was insulting and they said yes, the prosecutors are now saying the police asked them and they said no. Hmm. The strong hint is given there that the CPS weren't awfully impressed with the boys in blue - 'reflect this advice', indeed.