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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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Doseferatu said:
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I know this technically isn't a news article, but I thought it was worthwhile to post.
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TIL: Chess is haram.
She needs to go to the papers if she thinks shes a sacrificial lamb, hit the nuclear option and run to Pat Christys with this. A shame she won't, because I bet there's a million stories like this - hell in Birmingham they dont even tell kids/teens about homosexual relationships because the Muzzies protest (which tbh, I agree with, but they get violent outside school gates). Love the mention that the unions are fucking useless because they protected her 'abuser' (likely an ex boyfriend, this sounds like a female teacher) lmfao. We're so screwed.
 
Ly Erg said:
He added: "The design will be based on the idea presented subject to some artistic licence/ input. Your readers (of which I’m one) need to relax. I’m keen to give a positive Scottish feel to the mural and promote all that is positive with our country, so the final design with be checked for authenticity.
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It’s absolutely AI generated, all the elements are not in balance and he’s just put ‘eagle’ in as a prompt.
You could have some fun with it though. Some bottles of buckfast, irn bru and whatnot around
 
GratsTheat783 said:
I looked it up, and yes, chess is in fact forbidden in Islam.

Suddenly, I want to start playing chess.
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According to the Hanafi Madhab chess is not allowed, for the following reasons:

a) There is a Hadeeth that states: One who plays chess, it is as if he has soaked his hands in the blood of swine.
b) The reason for this stern reprimand is that chess consists of miniature idols (pawns, bishops, queen, etc.) Chess requires a lot of thinking and pondering. When players sit and ponder their next move, it is as if they are meditating over these idols. It thus resembles idol-worship. The idolaters of the past used to sit in deep meditation in front of their idols. Hence, one day when Hadhrat Ali (Radhiyallaahu Anhu) came across a group of people playing chess, he remarked: “What are these idols over which you meditate?”
c) Chess takes up a lot of time and makes the player oblivious of his surroundings. This causes him to miss Salaah, and to neglect important religious and social duties. Experience has shown that this always happens. Chess players don’t have any time for anything else. Days pass playing just one game. There is an incident on record that a man’s son had died whilst he was playing chess. He could not leave the game, so he appointed others to see to the funeral arrangements. So much so that he did not even participate in the Janaazah Salaah!

In the Shaafi’ee’ Madhab, chess is allowed on one condition, that is must be played for the purpose of learning how to manoeuvre troops in battle. However, in today’s times, methods of warfare have changed and so chess won’t have a bearing on this aspect of Islam. Therefore, even in the Shaafi’ee’ Madhab, chess will not be allowed.

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I'm just going to say it. They're such a backwards bunch of fucking uncivilised scum. I can't imagine ever being so brainwashed by someone or something that I would blindly obey and just follow their orders unquestioningly. It isn't a religion, it's a fruity little cult designed to just arrogate every other culture.
And moreover chess is part of our culture ( and other civilised cultures ) - so fuck them, if they don't like it, then they can go back to their homeland.
 
GratsTheat783 said:
I looked it up, and yes, chess is in fact forbidden in Islam.

Suddenly, I want to start playing chess.
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Fuck me!

a) There is a Hadeeth that states: One who plays chess, it is as if he has soaked his hands in the blood of swine.
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I'm sorry but this is hilarious. I would sympathise if it were almost any other prohibition - I do think parents should have a strong say over what schools can teach and do. Like I wouldn't support giving them a bacon sandwich if they don't eat bacon and similar. But chess? That's up there alongside not liking dogs in Islam's craziest mistakes.
 
Overly Serious said:
I'm sorry but this is hilarious. I would sympathise if it were almost any other prohibition - I do think parents should have a strong say over what schools can teach and do. Like I wouldn't support giving them a bacon sandwich if they don't eat bacon and similar. But chess? That's up there alongside not liking dogs in Islam's craziest mistakes.
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I think it's also tragic that this teacher is trying to keep these young boys away from roadman culture, gangs, harmful influences, and potentially getting them into positive things like chess or other boardgames, and the parents are chimping out.
 
They've all got to go back. There's so many Islamic countries if they want to live according to that culture. In England we play chess and eat bacon. If you're not on board with that DO NOT COME HERE.

Fucksake.
 
@Made In Wales, I value your optimism. I think Burnham is a Blairite fever dream, on Labour's part, not yours. He made a speech today, even though Starmer was out of the country. Did not even get 100 people there. This is why I think Streeting will flee the party because there is not even a leader at this point, and the Labour Party is a shell of its former self.

Another white pill, the high courts today allowed Reform to press forward with its legal challenge of the May cancellations. I will not be surprised if the courts challenge it, either as the Supreme Court is a tad bit different from the smaller courts.

I am surprised how quickly Labour is moving to diminish or oust Starmer. Thankfully, we know Mahmood will not get in, thank fuck, I genuinely think Trump will lose his collective shit at that, along with the Right parties in Europe.
 
Thanks @Kier Starmer

With only a few weeks to go until the start of the Six Nations, it's not going well for Wales or its regions with ever more problems and more fans turning away from the country's national sport:



Today's shock news being that Cardiff Blues and Swansea Ospreys are going to be forced into a merger:




 
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