Dog & Partridge: Sheffield city centre pub announces late opening on day of UKIP march and counter protest
A Sheffield pub says it will open late in response to a march to “reclaim Sheffield from the far-left” organised by UKIP.
The single-issue party, formerly led by Nigel Farage and today ran by Nick Tenconi, has called for the “muster” outside Sheffield Cathedral at 1pm this Saturday (November 8), with a reported end goal of The Holiday Inn Express on Blonk Street.
A post on social media reads: “Reclaim Sheffield from the Far Left! Do you want your city back?”
Now, well-known Sheffield pub The Dog & Partridge, on Trippet Lane, says it is opening late on the day of the march, citing “past experiences.”
“Due to past experiences, and concern for staff safety, we will be open at 5pm this Saturday instead of 12,” said the pub’s management on its official Facebook Page.
“I can only apologise, but it isn’t worth the risk.”
The Irish pub’s management has repeatedly posted about its stance against far-right politics, particularly following the riots of August 2024.
The pub, and a large number of other businesses in Sheffield, similarly closed ahead of a planned ‘Enough Is Enough, It’s Time To Take Back our Country’ protest in August 7, 2024, which was attended by approximately 25 protestors, 150 counter protestors, and around 100 police officers, with no violence reported and a single arrest.
The Star is not aware of any other businesses planning to close on November in response to the planned march.
The protest is part of a “mass deportations tour” by UKIP, which is running on a proposal for a five-year freeze on all immigration and ‘the complete rejection of wokeness, trans-Ideology and to stop the persistent attack of the family unit’.
Its website also hosts a petition for the King to dissolve Parliament, a form to “join the border protection team,” and donation page for a ‘UKIP Missions & Protest Support’ fund which has raised £370 since launching three months ago.
At a party conference in October, Tenconi said that he would “deploy the military in Britain to round up and deport the Islamists, illegals and the communists.”
In response to the march, the Sheffield Communities against Racism and Fascism (SCARF) - which was founded after the riots August 2024 like was seen outside the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers - and Stand Up to Racism are planning a counter protest at 12.30pm.
SCARF spokesman Andrew Scarsdale said “UKIP have nothing to offer Sheffield, they are simply a roadshow of hate. We know that the people of Sheffield will reject their message.”