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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

From Mumford & Sons to ‘free speech’ YouTuber: Winston Marshall’s dramatic career change

Winston Marshall performing with Mumford & Sons in 2020
Winston Marshall says it is feasible to blockade one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes with a giant floating wall, armed with mines. Photograph: Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage

On a Los Angeles stage in 2011 Winston Marshall, then the banjo player for the folk rock band Mumford & Sons, could scarcely believe what was happening. Not only was he playing at the Grammys, he was playing alongside Bob Dylan, legendary composer of social justice anthems and one of his heroes.

About 15 years later, Marshall once again found himself stateside, this time on a very different stage. Appearing on Fox News in his new guise as a conservative YouTuber, Marshall advocated what he admitted was an “outlandish idea” to stop small boat crossings in the Channel.

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