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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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Bog-standard Poster said:
I wouldn't have to worry about getting her pregnant at least; she would enjoy the chance to kill another kid, even if it's in the abortion clinic.
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That’s the reason you’re one of my favourite posters. I wish this comment was in the US politics thread. I could see a 100 trad LARPers having an aneurism over it.
 
FedPostalService said:
That’s the reason you’re one of my favourite posters. I wish this comment was in the US politics thread. I could see a 100 trad LARPers having an aneurism over it.
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You can only rustle the jimmies of an autist so much before they spergout and tardrage. I'll keep them on the edge of seething for now.
 
"Wait. Is London unironically dead when all the English people don't go to work?"

That and it's winter which shitskins don't like, so they stay at home where their heating is paid for by the English people. The shitskins will return in the warmer months for their rapey, crime sprees.
 
isalaide said:
The twins have just discovered their school drywipe markers wipe off their wall boards at school but do not wipe off mummy's wallpaper. Any suggestions for removing it or at least ameliorating it until I can redecorate after the holidays
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did you try acetone?
 
FedPostalService said:
The Speccy has gone weird but WTF has happened to The Times? It feels like I’m reading The Guardian in the 90s these days.
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The Times has been liberal for many years. Lord Rees-Mogg (Jacob's father) was editor throughout the 70s. All he seemed to care about was capitalism, and most only remember him to his liberal attitude towards drugs.

The difference now is just that the next generation of journalists has come through and they largely aren't capable or interested in keeping the veneer of vague 'conservatism' in place.
 
quaawaa said:
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>the gentrifiers
Nearly all the words I have would get me banned from even this place. I hope he gets the full east-end experience, and may the spirit of Craysmas descend upon him with all its force.

Eekum Bokum said:
How does the English Civil War not happening somehow prevent black worship?
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Unironic cromwell worship is the new tradlarp, I guess.
 
Merry Christmas to you all! Including that one guy who racked up thousands of posts in a year, and inexplicably pops up with stupid opinions in every other thread I read!

May your roasties be crispy, your gravy non lumpy, and your Yorkshire puds rise gloriously (Fuck you they go on a roast.)
 
Long and sneaky said:
I really do get migraines that a small amount of ibuprofen and codeine stops. Doctor prescribed some sort of medication (not painkillers, don't remember what it was) for it ages ago but we found an easy way to prevent them so we decided to just go with that instead of pursuing medication. I just have a half box of OTC painkillers around just in case, but I only end up ever using them for rare severe pain.
It's pretty concerning when I hear about people who have just been taking painkillers for ages especially if they don't need them any more, and they have no idea how dangerous they can be. Then they end up needing help with withdrawals when someone finally notices and puts a stop to it.
Do some doctors really just not bother to figure out why controlled substances are being prescribed and if they're still needed?
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If it was sumatriptan, which does something to your blood vessels in your brain then you can get imigran over the counter. Totally a wonder drug.
 
I doubt the shitshow in charge will take any notice of that petition but hey, it's Christmas. Stuffing has been mixed with sausagemeat (all-natural anti-muzzie repellent) and whole chestnuts I gathered back in September, turkey's in the oven. Merry Christmas, you filthy lot! :feels:
 
BongoMongo said:
If it was sumatriptan, which does something to your blood vessels in your brain then you can get imigran over the counter. Totally a wonder drug.
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I suppose I could ask the doctor next time I'm in if they still have a record of whatever it was, but messing with the blood vessels in my brain sounds like the last thing I need. The prevention works well enough that I haven't really had to worry about it for years, maybe it doesn't even happen any more, I have no clue.
 
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