Winston Marshall, former member of Mumford & Sons, says those crossing are ‘economic migrants’ not refugees
The son of the Spectator owner, Paul Marshall, has said Britain should construct a mine-laden “floating wall” to stop small boat crossings on the Channel.
Winston Marshall, a former member of the band Mumford & Sons who is establishing himself as a rightwing online influencer, said that while the idea “might sound ridiculous”, it should be explored because previous attempts to stop the crossings had failed.
Marshall, who launched his own YouTube show earlier this year vowing to cover topics “the corporate media won’t touch”, raised the idea in a Fox News discussion about a new £660m deal between the UK and France to tackle crossings, which he said had made him “pretty angry”.
“This is an outlandish idea, but I think it’s actually feasible,” he said. “We’ve got to build a giant wall across the channel. This isn’t being talked about much.
