Norris McWhirter (The original Brexiter, 29 November) may have been a man with “a cranial database [of] fascinating facts” but he was an avowed champion of apartheid. To treat them as a laughing matter is to give space for their ideas and history to gather support again. Nick MossLondon• Reading about Norris McWhirter took me back to 1972 when his brother Ross decided to challenge the Heath government’s decision to take the UK into what is now the EU. My role was to help Ross, a litigant in person, to draft the writ and issue it in the high court. Len BlomstrandLondon• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2017 19:07 UTC