Look I dont think anyone 40-60 has read the report
It reads as tho they havent
it is here
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cliff-richard-v-bbc-judgment.pdf
parachute into p 56 para 214
"Mr Smith’s account in cross-examination of what he really meant by this email was unimpressive and, I am sorry to have to say, to an extent evasive. (j yaps a bit more) He was unable to say what he meant by “tactics” deployed by Mr Johnson, despite the fact that they “impressed” him, according to the email. In my view he was seeking to evade the obvious construction of the email, and the obvious narrative that it contained as to the four-way conversation, because it was inconsistent with the BBC’s present case."
is not about a precious right to freedom of speech
it er seems to be about a right of the Beeb to perjure itself and mislead a judge
we pay for all this by the way ....