Surely Ridd claimed that the science was untrustworthy, not that the scientists were untrustworthy.
Can’t call that anything other than robust academic debate.
And Ridd backed up his claims with scientific argument.
The University only have convoluted and draconian bureaucratic red tape to tie any dissenter of the University’s own groupthink up in a legal straightjacket until their b*ll* bleed.
