See letter from Dr Barry Clayton
Captain Sir Tom Moore raised almost £33m for NHS charities despite being almost 100 and in poor health.
The horrific internet trolling of him that has been revealed by one of his daughters is sickening and disgusting. It is further evidence that our society contains some very sick, nasty people who get a kick out of hurting others. So bad was the trolling that his daughters kept it from him.
The advent of social media was described over five years ago by Professor Alan Jefferies, a leading American scientist, as: “pernicious, dangerous and something that will gradually undermine the very fabric of society”.