Former Mumford & sons member Winston Marshall on the 'perilous state' of free speech in the U.K. after a comedian claims he was arrested over anti-transgender tweets and Coldplay's singer receiving backlash for embarrassing Israeli fans on stage. With President Donald Trump's slated departure for a state visit to the United Kingdom later this month, another high-profile arrest has exposed Britain's growing free speech crisis. The arrest of Arizona-based Irish comedian Graham Linehan, for allegedly criticizing transgender activists on social media, coincided with a Wednesday warning from British politician Nigel Farage to Congress that England is collapsing into a 'really awful authoritarian situation.'