Who does Mann think he is the majority of licence payers earn a tiny fraction of what nasty money grabbers like Richard/WEbb earn. I pay my licence fee for broadcasting services, nottoline the already over stuffed pockets, If I wanted trash like Richard to have any of my mopney I would buy the crap records he has churned out. If Richard had even a smkidgen of dece, he would pay the settlement back to the BBC to be spent on services foviewers and listeners.

Your whole rant is based on the assumption that Cliff Ricahrd is guilty of something for which the courts believe there is no evidence.

What Cliff Richard earns is nothing to do with the case, except, possibly, to explain why some people think it worth making unfounded allegations.

He should not be paying the money back to the BBC. If they couldn't support the action they took, they need to pay for that action. If it is with taxpayers money, then they need to answer questions as to why they took actions to besmirch his name when they had no evidence to back up their actions.

Whether you are rich, or poor, you deserve the right to an unblemished reputation unless something can be proven against you. Unfortunately the rich are more likely to be subject to dubious calims as they have the money to make payouts to the claimants.