Philip Proudfoot

Philip Proudfoot

Philip Proudfoot (born 28 November 1987) is a British anthropologist, academic lecturer and political blogger/activist. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science and works as a university lecturer and researcher, focusing on topics like humanitarianism, development and Middle Eastern politics. Proudfoot is also known for founding the Northern Independence Party, a minor political party advocating independence for Northern England, and has appeared in media and public discussions on politics and social issues.

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Philip Proudfoot

01, June #BrokenSystem

Philip Proudfoot: If I were not British…

If I were not British, I'd be banned from entering Britain The only thing protecting my civil liberties now is my possession of a passport We have destroyed every last vestige of liberal democracy to protect the impunity of genocidal settler-colony in the Middle East Crazy.

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Philip Proudfoot

01, June #SpeechClampdown

Philip Proudfoot: This is such an outrageous assault…

This is such an outrageous assault on free speech. Another key question for @AndyBurnhamGM — will you restore the civil liberties that the little brittle wooden man, Keir Starmer, has systematically eroded over two years? Or are you a coward?

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Philip Proudfoot

29, May #BrokenSystem

Philip Proudfoot: We can’t really move beyond Go…

We can’t really move beyond Go on planning for the future economy after AI if most of our politicians and commentators still think AI is going to produce “new jobs” — what jobs? The entire point — and current course of development — is that it is a labour-replacing technology.

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Philip Proudfoot

28, May #TrendShock

Philip Proudfoot: AI has two outcomes...

AI has two outcomes: 1) either we redistribute the value produced, freeing us from labour; 2) we are killed. That could be through war, or it could be through slow structural conditions. Capital doesn’t care if 2 is the consequence. 1 requires a political struggle.

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Philip Proudfoot

26, May #BrokenSystem

Philip Proudfoot: Reform is the party of job-stealing AI slop…

Reform is the party of job-stealing AI slop, but also the party of grafters, apparently.

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Philip Proudfoot

23, May #BrokenSystem

Philip Proudfoot: Entry-level jobs have been replaced…

Entry-level jobs have been replaced by data centres in Virgina. When will our government — or any government — get real about the need to start planning now for what AI is doing to the labour market?

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Philip Proudfoot

22, May #TrendShock

Philip Proudfoot: My thoughts on the vaccine remained…

My thoughts on the vaccine remained the same throughout the whole lockdown shit show. Take it or don’t take it. It’s your choice. If the vaccine worked, it meant that the only people an unvaccinated person was putting at risk was another unvaccinated person. If an unvaccinated person was putting a vaccinated person at risk then the vaccine didn’t work and was a waste of time. Andy Burnham here was another politician displaying a complete lack of critical thinking and following the mass hysteria.

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Philip Proudfoot

17, May #BrokenSystem

Philip Proudfoot: 28,000 pa and in London…

28,000 pa and in London. You can only live even moderately comfortably on this with parents supporting you, or if you’re still living at home (if you’re lucky enough to have a family home in London). This is who they are.

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Philip Proudfoot

11, May #BrokenSystem

Philip Proudfoot: Living in Britain is watching the media…

Living in Britain is watching the media smear and vilify good people who want to make positive change, while they celebrate and platform far right goons, funded and backed by almost comically evil tech multimillionaires. It does make you feel a little mad.

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Philip Proudfoot

07, May #StarmerCrisis

Philip Proudfoot: Instead of simply taxing wealth...

Instead of simply taxing wealth, re-nationalising water, ending support for genocide, and a tiny bit more wealth redistribution — Keir Starmer has instead destroyed the Labour Party and ushered in fascism.

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Philip Proudfoot

07, May #StarmerCrisis

Philip Proudfoot: Starmer got fewer votes in...

Starmer got fewer votes in 2024 than Corbyn did in 2019. And that's WHILE being subjected to the most deranged smearing imaginable (until these last 7 days, at least). Starmer's majority was a quirk of FPTP and Tory collapse. This is WHY it looks so bad. He was NEVER popular.

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Philip Proudfoot

02, May #StarmerCrisis

Philip Proudfoot: Keir Starmer wants us to believe…

Keir Starmer wants us to believe an inquiry into why he appointed Mandelson, friend of pedophile Jeffery Epstein, is a “political stunt” But claiming a political opponent is “unfit to lead a party” because he retweeted a post questioning police violence is normal and sane.

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Philip Proudfoot

30, April #StarmerCrisis

Philip Proudfoot: “Globalise the intifada” targets the...

“Globalise the intifada” targets the international military-industrial-political system that makes the Gaza genocide possible. Starmer claims it a call to “murder Jews,” in so doing he is conflating Jews with Israel, a core antisemitic trope.

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Philip Proudfoot

23, April #BrokenSystem

Philip Proudfoot: I can’t think of any reason...

I can’t think of any reason why the British government would cut funding to a unit of its own foreign office that’s monitoring violations of IHL by Israel, with whom they sell weapons, provide intelligence, and award diplomatic cover.

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Philip Proudfoot

21, April

Philip Proudfoot: Whenever heads of state have to comment on…

Whenever heads of state have to comment on, or meet Trump, I think a lot about something @ByYourLogic said about the US president. Trump is the result of all the American stupids finding their ultimate form — the most Stupid of the Stupids — and then making him their king. Then, as king, world leaders are forced into a kind of ritual humiliation, where they must bow before the stupid. Act as if he’s not stupid. Subjugate themselves before the stupid. Share tips on how to placate the stupid. Give the stupid gifts and trinkets. Ensure they avoid his wrath. Anyway, just think that’s very accurate.

Philip Proudfoot

18, April

Philip Proudfoot: The Israelis have zero right…

The Israelis have zero right under any article of international law to openly seize a significant band of Lebanese sovereign territory. This is completely illegal and that they feel they can do this is the direct result of months and months of Western-facilitated impunity.

Philip Proudfoot

16, April

Philip Proudfoot: Israel has destroyed the final bridge…

Israel has destroyed the final bridge to Southern Lebanon. There is now no way for millions of displaced people to reach their homes. There is no means for essential aid and supplies to reach those who were unable to flee. Another mammoth war crime, another act of barbarity.

Philip Proudfoot

15, April

Philip Proudfoot: The problem with Labour claiming Iran…

The problem with Labour claiming Iran is “not our war” is that it separates out the impunity they encouraged, facilitated, and aided when Israel assaulted Palestine and Lebanon, but now try to claim this is disconnected from the world they helped birth. This IS their war.

Philip Proudfoot

15, April

Philip Proudfoot: Hardly “a return to the rules based order”…

Hardly “a return to the rules based order” if the new Prime Minister of Hungary is inviting a head of state with an ICC arrest warrant.

Philip Proudfoot

15, April

Philip Proudfoot: After the entire world has watched Israel commit a genocide…

After the entire world has watched Israel commit a genocide, and then its defenders used the false anti-semitism smear to try and silence those utterly disgusted at the relentless brutality, I don’t think, Steve, this absolute garbage is going to work anymore.