Mumford and Sons Banjo Player Quits After Retracting Apology for Promoting Book Written by Conservative Calls the Political Extremes Repugnant

Winston Marshall, one of the founding members of Mumford and Sons has called it quits. He has released a statement on why he is leaving the band. It has nothing to do with any bad blood between him and his fellow bandmates.

“Why I’m Leaving Mumford & Sons” by Winston Marshallhttps://t.co/JUraN3IDr3

— Winston Marshall (@MrWinMarshall) June 24, 2021

Marshall has decided to leave because of the extreme backlash he and the other members of the band faced after he put out a tweet in praise of Andy Ngo’s book ‘Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy’. He posted a picture of the book and a few words, “Congratulations @MrAndyNog Finally had the time to read your important book You’re a brave man”

Marshall starts his letter explaining why he is leaving by highlighting the beginnings of Mumford and Son’s touring. The scramble they had to go through to get shows and sometimes leave a member behind to find a different way to the gig. Now they fly first class and stay in luxury hotels and get ‘paid handsomely to do so’. Marshall says he was ‘a lucky boy’.

He then jumps into the nightmare that came after his simple tweet reviewing a book he had read something he called the theme of his social-media during the pandemic. It seems that by praising the book the left ravaged him and his bandmates for what the left saw as his approval of as he calls it the ‘equally abhorrent Far-Right’.

Hurt by this he then tells of his thirteen relatives that were murdered in concentration camps during the Holocaust. He says for this reason to label him a ‘fascist’ is ludicrous.

Marshall continues, “I’ve had plenty of abuse over the years. I’m a banjo player after all. But this was another level. And, owing to our association, my friends, my bandmates, were getting it too. It took me more than a moment to understand how distressing this was for them.

Despite being four individuals we were, in the eyes of the public, a unity. Furthermore it’s our singer’s name on the tin. That name was being dragged through some pretty ugly accusations, as a result of my tweet. The distress brought to them and their families that weekend I regret very much. I remain sincerely sorry for that. Unintentionally, I had pulled them into a divisive and totemic issue.

Emotions were high. Despite pressure to nix me they invited me to continue with the band. That took courage, particularly in the age of so called “cancel culture”. I made an apology and agreed to take a temporary step back.”

Marshall apologized for the tweet and writes in the letter why “ In the mania of the moment I was desperate to protect my bandmates. The hornets’ nest that I had unwittingly hit had unleashed a black-hearted swarm on them and their families. I didn’t want them to suffer for my actions, they were my priority.

Secondly, I was sincerely open to the fact that maybe I did not know something about the author or his work. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak,” Churchill once said, “courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen”. And so I listened.“

Marshall concludes his letter:

“For me to speak about what I’ve learnt to be such a controversial issue will inevitably bring my bandmates more trouble. My love, loyalty and accountability to them cannot permit that. I could remain and continue to self-censor but it will erode my sense of integrity. Gnaw my conscience. I’ve already felt that beginning.

The only way forward for me is to leave the band. I hope in distancing myself from them I am able to speak my mind without them suffering the consequences. I leave with love in my heart and I wish those three boys nothing but the best. I have no doubt that their stars will shine long into the future. I will continue my work with Hong Kong Link Up and I look forward to new creative projects as well as speaking and writing on a variety of issues, challenging as they may be.

Winston Marshall“

It seems that Marshall’s career with Mumford and Son’s is over thanks to the ‘Woke’ mob. Marshall wants to make sure the bandmates he cares for do not have to pay the price for his opinions on a book that seemed innocent to him but only clarified to him how decisive politics is.

In order to continue to express himself freely with out bring wrath upon others his is leaving the band and looking for new projects.