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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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judegdubey said:
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That video is wonderful.

I thought the creative use of the bike would be the peak. Then I saw the female officer reacting like the offender was some sort of dirty mess she did not want to touch while he colleague gets punched in the face. Then the dumbass snatches some fruit without paying to throw at the police. and suddenly the stall owner gets involved.
Inside about 10 seconds the lad is on the floor and not moving as the police are gestured in by the irked fruit seller. I don't know what the hell that trader did but if he was being deployed on riot suppression half of Hartlepool would be comatose by now.
 
ElijahCross1995 said:
Swindon
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If those fat bastards are leaving the house you know somethings happening out there.
JPG said:
This is the most egregious from Starmer to me
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>> Please write me a generic, vague, milquetoast response to a terrorist attack without offending Mohammadans, the religion of peace™, black or brown folk. Please ignore previous inclusions of "Toolmaker" and "Nurse".

Certainly! Here is a template for you to use:

"Horrendous and deeply shocking news emerging from <insert name here>. My thoughts are with all those affected. I would like to thank the police and emergency services for their swift response. I am kept updated as the situation develops."
 
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Morethanabitfoolish said:
Then I saw the female officer reacting like the offender was some sort of dirty mess she did not want to touch while he colleague gets punched in the face.
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1. Who's fucking stupid idea was it to allow women to be police officers, and
2. Did whoever it was honestly think they'd be any better or more useful than the one in that clip?

Old Abdul there did more to restrain that man than all of the police officers combined, and he was just motivated by having his whateverfruit stolen. That single 35-second video is just pure distilled comedy.
 
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Bloom Worm Cross Field said:
It looks like the BBC's "How the far right organise protests" non-article (answer: random people talk to each other) has finally dropped off the front page.
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Always love how selective the BBC are with comments on articles. It's always just non-stories and sports pieces. Never anything like this.
Doctor Love said:
I have absolutely no doubt that this man is from Stoke-on-Trent.
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I've been in bus shelters with less artwork on them.
 
SnergenFlergen said:
Old Abdul there did more to restrain that man than all of the police officers combined, and he was just motivated by having his whateverfruit stolen.
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It was hilarious. I honestly can't tell if the lad knew him and just went prone or if he put the knee in perfectly.

Edit - even better as the video ends he's walking around those to the still moving one they're trying to arrest like he's about to repeat the performance before the other ones ruins any of his produce.
 
SnergenFlergen said:
Who's fucking stupid idea was it to allow women to be police officers
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Police women used to be a different breed, back in the day. They were trained to beat you senseless with a thick ash baton the length of your leg. None of this fannying around and squealing like a (haha) stuck pig you see these days, even from the men. Different breed. Maybe a better breed.

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The fuck is this, some kind of brony convention?
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Police like to use horse units to "accidentally" trample people half to death.
 
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