Philip Proudfoot
Doctor Philip Proudfoot | |
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| Leader of the Northern Independence Party | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2020 | |
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| Born | 28 November 1987[1] County Durham, England |
| Political party | Northern Independence Party |
| Other political affiliations | Labour Party (until 2020) |
| Residence | Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Occupation | University lecturer |
Philip Proudfoot (born 28 November 1987) is an English politician and university lecturer. Born and raised in County Durham, he is the founder and leader of the Northern Independence Party (NIP), which campaigns against political and economic centralisation by demanding that Northern England becomes an independent country under its historic name, "Northumbria".[2] He also lectures in power and popular politics at the University of Sussex's Institute of Development Studies where he is a specialist in conflict, war and humanitarianism.[3]
A former member of Labour Party, Proudfoot formed the NIP in response to Keir Starmer's leadership and Westminster's treatment of the North during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] He told Big Issue North that the centralisation of power in London had played a part as well, highlighting the North-South divide in healthcare, transport, education, and general standard of living as motivating factors.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Proudfoot, Philip [@PhilipProudfoot]. "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. Missing or empty |date= (help)
Drury, Colin (3 November 2020). "An independent north? What an England severed in two might look like". The Independent. Retrieved 14 January 2022. - ↑ 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. - ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sweet, Michael (28 March 2021). "Yes Northumbria? The independence bug is catching on - in England's north". The National. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ Moss, Chris (23 November 2021). "Devolution's sunny uplands". Big Issue North. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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