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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679 (https://archive.ph/5Ba6o)

A heated row has broken out over a move by Britain's largest bakery chain to launch a vegan sausage roll.

The pastry, which is filled with a meat substitute and encased in 96 pastry layers, is available in 950 Greggs stores across the country.

It was promised after 20,000 people signed a petition calling for the snack to be launched to accommodate plant-based diet eaters.


But the vegan sausage roll's launch has been greeted by a mixed reaction: Some consumers welcomed it, while others voiced their objections.

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Cook and food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe declared she was "frantically googling to see what time my nearest opens tomorrow morning because I will be outside".

While TV writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy called herself "very pro the Greggs vegan sausage roll because anything that wrenches veganism back from the 'clean eating' wellness folk is a good thing".

One Twitter user wrote that finding vegan sausage rolls missing from a store in Corby had "ruined my morning".

Another said: "My son is allergic to dairy products which means I can't really go to Greggs when he's with me. Now I can. Thank you vegans."

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TV presenter Piers Morgan led the charge of those outraged by the new roll.

"Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns," he wrote on Twitter.

Mr Morgan later complained at receiving "howling abuse from vegans", adding: "I get it, you're all hangry. I would be too if I only ate plants and gruel."

Another Twitter user said: "I really struggle to believe that 20,000 vegans are that desperate to eat in a Greggs."

"You don't paint a mustach (sic) on the Mona Lisa and you don't mess with the perfect sausage roll," one quipped.

Journalist Nooruddean Choudry suggested Greggs introduce a halal steak bake to "crank the fume levels right up to 11".

The bakery chain told concerned customers that "change is good" and that there would "always be a classic sausage roll".

It comes on the same day McDonald's launched its first vegetarian "Happy Meal", designed for children.

The new dish comes with a "veggie wrap", instead of the usual chicken or beef option.
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It should be noted that Piers Morgan and Greggs share the same PR firm, so I'm thinking this is some serious faux outrage and South Park KKK gambiting here.
 
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"I grew up poor, I’m in a decent job now and I guess I’d be seen as middle class"....

Always reminds me of Ronnie Barker in Porridge -

In one episode Mackay asks Fletcher whether he felt he was working class. Fletcher responds ‘I did, until I visited Glasgow. Now I think I’m middle class.'
 
I for one like how Labour spent the entirety of last week saying that no they were going to do stuff with taxes, only to of course switch and admit everything they were being accussed of planning they intend to do.
 
I still can't see how Labour will get the country back on its feet with no increases in Income Tax, National Insurance or VAT.

Are they going rename these three taxes, then whack them up?
 
Labour will protect LGBT+ and disabled people by making all existing strands of hate crime an aggravated offence.
Great. Naughty words will get you the gulag.
Could we not just put the current cabinet in the stocks for a week so everyone can get their frustrations out and then they can have another go?
 
Otterly said:
Labour will protect LGBT+ and disabled people by making all existing strands of hate crime an aggravated offence.
Great. Naughty words will get you the gulag.
Could we not just put the current cabinet in the stocks for a week so everyone can get their frustrations out and then they can have another go?
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No, they're so committed to this stuff that now the FA is being allowed to give the police money for successful prosecutions against people saying mean things about footballers online.

We're going back to feudalism with a progressive mask on for exactly as long as it takes to get that shit locked in.
 
Looking at the numbers in polls it might be possible for a con/ref coalition to win. It's a very slim chance.
A man can dream, no chance Richie rich would stay in charge and reform winding in some of the more wef policies. Lunacy tag please.
 
SirCliveSinclairdabbing said:
It's a very slim chance.
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It's less than slim. Thanks to FPTP it's unlikely Reform are getting more than a handful of seats even if they get a decent vote share in total.

In other election news Labour MP Rosie Duffield has cancelled all hustings appearances, presumably because the batshit trannies are still threatening her:
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SirCliveSinclairdabbing said:
Looking at the numbers in polls it might be possible for a con/ref coalition to win. It's a very slim chance.
A man can dream, no chance Richie rich would stay in charge and reform winding in some of the more wef policies. Lunacy tag please.
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As East said. It's theoretically possible, but vanishingly small with FPTP. You can't simply add up the poll percentages, as we don't have PR.
How many seats will Reform actually win with their 20% ? Or the Tories for that matter ?
Only in the constituencies where that percentage is heavily concentrated.
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At the moment I fear a comfortable Labour majority.
And then we'll be able to enjoy all our public services being massively funded with this huge economic growth which Labour will foster, during a time when the global economy is largely predicted to grow anaemically. If I could sticker Labour's manifesto it would be a combination of lunacy, dumb and optimism.
 
SirCliveSinclairdabbing said:
Looking at the numbers in polls it might be possible for a con/ref coalition to win. It's a very slim chance.
A man can dream, no chance Richie rich would stay in charge and reform winding in some of the more wef policies. Lunacy tag please.
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Was this Sunak's plan all along? Launch an early GE, promise Farage a place in parliament in exchange for a coalition to stop Labour and kill reform in the bed before any viable 3rd party 'peoples' alternative gains traction?
 
East_Clintwood said:
In other election news Labour MP Rosie Duffield has cancelled all hustings appearances, presumably because the batshit trannies are still threatening her:
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"We're going to protect women! Sure, we can't stop our own members threatening to rape and kill their MPs but we're totally going to protect women."
 
What the actual fuck?

Surrey police face criticism after using car to ram escaped cow
The home secretary has asked Surrey police to provide a “full, urgent explanation” after footage showed officers using a car to ram an escaped cow.

James Cleverly made the comments after footage posted online showed officers ramming the cow twice with their police car, while an onlooker is heard shouting: “What are you doing that for?”

In a post on X, Cleverly wrote: “I can think of no reasonable need for this action. I’ve asked for a full, urgent explanation for this. It appears to be unnecessarily heavy-handed.”

The incident occurred on Friday evening after Surrey police received reports about a cow running around on a number of main roads in the Staines-upon-Thames area. According to police, they received reports that the cow was charging at members of the public and had damaged a car.

The cow got back to its feet after the first strike, but the police car hit it a second time and appeared to come to a stop with the animal underneath the vehicle. A Surrey police spokesperson said they tried to safely capture the cow over a number of hours and explored a number of options before hitting it with a car. The force said the matter had been referred to its professional standards department.

Officers said the cow suffered a significant cut to its leg and is being treated by vets. An RSPCA spokesperson said: “This is a very upsetting and distressing video to watch. We will be getting in touch with the police urgently to understand the circumstances as to what happened.”

The wildlife activist and presenter Chris Packham told the BBC that he didn’t know “where to start with this. But it’s surely illegal and must be investigated and prosecuted”. He added: “What sort of monster rams a calf? Twice?”

Ch Insp Sam Adcock said: “I know that this has caused distress and I’d like to thank the community for their concern. The decision to use the police car is one that was only taken after other methods to stop the cow had failed.

“There will be an investigation into the actions that led to this, but our focus at all times is on ensuring the safety of the public. I know there are videos circulating of this incident, which the public may find distressing. I would ask that these videos are sent directly to us to help with our investigation.”

With help from locals, the cow was moved to a nearby farm during the early hours of Saturday morning.

A spokesperson for the Independent Office for Police Conduct said: “We have been notified by Surrey police about this incident and that a referral will be made in due course.

“When we receive it we will carry out an assessment to determine what further action is required by us.”
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These are the same drooling cretins who decided to hound @Caroline Farrow, so I assume the cow said something terfy.
 
Vesperus said:
These are the same drooling cretins who decided to hound @Caroline Farrow, so I assume the cow said something terfy.
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Surrey Police are utter garbage and should be entirely disbanded and all its members put against a wall and the necessary done.
 
That video was the first thing I saw this morning when I opened my phone and it was really fucking horrible, poor animal. Placing bets now that the driver was one of our diverse brethren who didn’t understand that you don’t behave that way in animal-loving Britain.
 
Reform now polling above the Conservatives, I think this is the third poll in two days that has them ahead. Some wonk at the Times has translated this to 7 seats for Reform and just 72 for the Tories, with Labour's majority well above 200. SNP headed for disaster as well.

Bear in mind that people often lie about voting for right-wing parties to pollsters, such is our political culture now that many feel the need to hide their voting intentions. I don't know if these polls account for this or not, but if they don't then Reform could do even better than this, and that's assuming that Sunak doesn't beat up an old lady in the street or something.

Total Tory Death.
 
Howslans said:
That video was the first thing I saw this morning when I opened my phone and it was really fucking horrible, poor animal. Placing bets now that the driver was one of our diverse brethren who didn’t understand that you don’t behave that way in animal-loving Britain.
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Looking at the video a few times, he appears de-melanated, but white niggerfaggots are a thing, especially in Surrey and doubly with a badge.

Look on the bright side: Mrs Vesperus' response to this was
The fuck kind of cop cars ram a cow twice and only give it a hurty leg?
The answer is, of course, a faggy British one.
(she drives an 80's Chevy pickup that weighs marginally more than a 3-bed house in Surrey)
 
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