Philip Proudfoot

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Philip Proudfoot
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Proudfoot in 2023
Leader of the Northern Independence Party
In office
21 October 2020 –22 July 2022
Personal details
Born (1987-11-28) 28 November 1987 (age 37) [1]
County Durham, England
Political party Green Party of England and Wales (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Northern Independence Party (2020–2023)
Labour (until 2020)
Residence(s) Brighton, East Sussex, England
Alma mater London School of Economics (PhD) [2]
OccupationUniversity lecturer
ProfessionAcademic

Philip Proudfoot (born 28 November 1987) is an English political activist and anthropologist. He is the founder of the Northern Independence Party (NIP), a minor political party which advocates that Northern England becomes an independent country. [3] He also lectures at the University of Sussex. [4]

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A former member of the Labour Party, Proudfoot founded the NIP in October 2020 in response to dissatisfaction with the "reversion to Blairism" under Keir Starmer's leadership. [5] He told Big Issue North that the centralisation of power in London had also played a part. [6]

On 25 April 2022, the actress Tracy-Ann Oberman said that she had agreed to pay Proudfoot substantial damages after falsely accusing him of antisemitism. [7]

Proudfoot stepped down as leader of the NIP in July 2022 due to "professional commitments". [8] On 19 November 2023, he announced that he had joined the Green Party, citing its support for a ceasefire in Gaza, among other policies. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Proudfoot, Philip [@PhilipProudfoot] (28 November 2021). "Why am I spending my birthday trying to get my legally registered political party @FreeNorthNow unlocked by Twitter … #FreeTheNorth" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 January 2022– via Twitter.[ unreliable source? ]
  2. ↑ Proudfoot, Philip (2016). The living dead: revolutionary subjectivity and Syrian rebel-workers in Beirut. LSE Theses Online (Thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  3. ↑ Lockwood, Tasmin (16 November 2020). "County Durham man leads new party making the case for Northern Independence". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
    Park, Victoria (2 April 2021). "Seven thoughts about the Northern Independence Party". New Statesman. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Shone, Ethan (12 April 2021). "Northern Independence Party: what is NIP, who is Philip Proudfoot - and will it run in Hartlepool by-election?". National World. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Sweet, Michael (28 March 2021). "Yes Northumbria? The independence bug is catching on - in England's north". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Moss, Chris (23 November 2021). "Devolution's sunny uplands". Big Issue North. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Chilton, Louis (25 April 2022). "EastEnders star Tracy-Ann Oberman pays damages after falsely accusing academic of antisemitism" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  8. ↑ Proudfoot, Philip [@freenorthnow] (22 July 2022). "A short statement from..." (Tweet). Retrieved 22 July 2022– via Twitter.
  9. ↑ Proudfoot, Philip [@PhilipProudfoot] (19 November 2023). "I've Done It, I've joined the Green Party" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 November 2023– via Twitter.
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