Sheffield – What it Means to be a Patriot

You are warmly invited to join us at The Red Lion, 109 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2ND, for our next meeting on Thursday 5th September 2024 at 7:00-9:00pm, (in the snug behind the bar). See here for location.

One of our regular members will introduce this topic.

In our previous conversations down the pub, the ideas of societal atomisation, community, our country, patriotism and nationalism have all been mentioned.

Albeit in the limited time of our meetings I got the sense that these issues were regarded as important and valuable and yet complex.

I personally have been thinking about and wrestling with the concept of patriotism. For example: in times gone by was patriotism a given, was it useful (and for whom) and is it still relevant to this day and age?

I thought it be a good idea to listen to other people’s views on patriotism so that I could make my own less vague and more all rounded / less partisan, hence this Sheffield PiPs topic suggestion.

Other meetings coming up

The Manchester group is meeting next week on Tuesday 27th August – when the topic will be The Middle East, Israel and Palestine – Is there a solution? This difficult topic will be introduced by three Jewish friends and all our welcome to take part in what should prove to be an educational and  challenging discussion.

The Newcastle group are meeting on Tuesday 17th September to discuss In light of Labour’s election victory, has woke won?  As always, this is free to attend but due to venue capacity, places must be booked in advance. Please book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/951890338627

We are growing!

We are expanding our activities via regional Politics in Pubs groups and have created a map where you can search for a group near you. If you live near Ilkley we have members starting a new group, so please let us know if this of interest.

Don’t worry if you can’t find anything nearby as you can start your own group. If you would like to be put in touch with other people interested in talking about politics, please reply to this email letting us know your location and we’ll help to get the conversation started.

We have also started to grow our network with other free speech groups who have a similar interest in open discussion and debate. If you have such a group and want to appear on our map please get in touch.