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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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Made In Wales said:
Didn't care much for him then or now.
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You should do other authors too, but being unable to make Shakespeare fun is a teaching issue. If you cant make Macbeth exciting then you’re a crap teacher. If you can’t make a class of kids laugh at the arses in Chaucer you’re a crap teacher. All this stuff is meant to be read aloud, and done well it’s great. I think a lot of teachers are just not good at this. My old one managed to drag a bunch of rough working class kids through the whole gamut including Beowulf and we had an alright time, even the lads. He’d do things like bring prop wooden swords and a skull in and make you act out the verses. Point out how the words emphasised the actions.
Made In Wales said:
Same with Maths - 2 pi R - when am I going to need to know 2 pi R or advanced calculus?
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I’ve found I needed it for very mundane lady things like working out how much fabric I need for things. Years back I had to upholster something roughly conical - I had a bit less than what I needed if it’d have been a cylinder but I thought well it’s not a cylinder is it? it’s a bit of an arc, and it’ll bend up a wee bit at the edges if you imagine it flattened out so it might just fit with this nice bit of ludicrously expensive liberty fabric I’ve found in the remnants bin for a steal, do I buy it? (Yes it did!)
How much fabric do I need to make a full circle skirt with a length of xcm and a waist of y cm?
Will this bit of furniture fit if we have to carry it upstairs and can only pivot it at this one place on the landing ?
How much stone do I need to buy to make a semi circular patio thingy?
How much icing do I roll out to cover this cake? How many packs is that?
Kofi Drinka said:
What kind of a woman doesn't make sure your dinner is ready for you when you get home?
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One who has been at work until 7pm and it’s your turn to cook. She will cook tomorrow night when it’s her turn.
 
Otterly said:
If you cant make Macbeth exciting then you’re a crap teacher.
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I have an unbreakable dislike of Macbeth due to having spent 5 years straight of high-school with the teacher deciding that the chosen Shakespeare subject would be Macbeth.
Still, not as bad as that Jew propaganda book.
 
Otterly said:
You should do other authors too, but being unable to make Shakespeare fun is a teaching issue. If you cant make Macbeth exciting then you’re a crap teacher. If you can’t make a class of kids laugh at the arses in Chaucer you’re a crap teacher. All this stuff is meant to be read aloud, and done well it’s great. I think a lot of teachers are just not good at this. My old one managed to drag a bunch of rough working class kids through the whole gamut including Beowulf and we had an alright time, even the lads. He’d do things like bring prop wooden swords and a skull in and make you act out the verses. Point out how the words emphasised the actions.
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Shakespeare doesn't appeal to boys and bringing in prop swords isn't making Shakespeare more interesting, it's making props interesting. One of his plays should be included in education but nothing more. Education is too flowery and designed to keep little girls happy rather than teaching them useful shit. Unless you're going on a quiz show there is zero practical use for Shakespeare in the real world. You can argue maths after a point is a waste of time but it's more useful than plays will be. There's modern classics that can be used to teach English better.
Otterly said:
One who has been at work until 7pm and it’s your turn to cook. She will cook tomorrow night when it’s her turn.
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Not marriage material. I bet you expect her to wear shoes too don't you?
Chunky Salsa said:
and also a registered sex offender.
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Why single out Otterly? Aren't we all sex offenders here?
 
Muad'Dick said:
It isn't just large hotel chains involved in this. Individual hotel businesses have been approached too. Some of them tell the Home Office to fuck off (like the owner of the Camelot Castle Hotel in Cornwall), but sadly a lot of them just saw pound signs after COVID fucked over the hotel/tourism industry.

One interesting thing to note is that a lot of the people involved in this are jeets. From what I've seen so far, Securitas provides the bulk of the security. They are all jeets and Africans of some description. I can count on one hand how many White security guards I've seen. The same can be said of the hotel staff. Also, you have the IHG Group and IBIS Hotels (who have a big share in this) have mostly jeet senior staff in the UK.
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Similar to many care homes up and down the country so by adding a "follow the money" approach, cross reference that with political contributions...
 
Made In Wales said:
Same with Maths - 2 pi R - when am I going to need to know 2 pi R or advanced calculus? Teach me how to add, subtract, multiply and divide and I'll be fine. Algebra as well - never used it.
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I once used trigonometry to figure out the biggest TV that would fit in the gable end of my attic. But admittedly that is the only time I've used trig in the last 20 years.
 
Failed Lurker said:
Similar to many care homes up and down the country so by adding a "follow the money" approach, cross reference that with political contributions...
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Is this thread morphing into an active investigation group now? Digging and doxxing all the people involved?
 
Clem Fandango said:
I once used trigonometry to figure out the biggest TV that would fit in the gable end of my attic. But admittedly that is the only time I've used trig in the last 20 years.
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I was sharing an AirBnB with some people but they were staying two nights and I had to arrive late so was only staying one. No one could figure out how to make that work until I told them we just calculate a per night stayed rate split, I pay that, they all pay twice that. I just did algebra and they acted like I was turning lead to gold. Some people just can't get their heads around numbers.
 
Kofi Drinka said:
Is this thread morphing into an active investigation group now? Digging and doxxing all the people involved?
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All publically available info, show the money flow from Gov to Company/NGO. Was only a few weeks ago we got the story about the cost of importing the Afghans, several who are no doubt already on the map due to criminal act so look at what agency/"charity" are supporting them and if there were any actual investigative reporters, they'd be already on it. Again, didn't someone recently post about one of these NGO's being able to receive "donations" from overseas for protest support?
 
Here is the news (as ELO once sang):

Note that a lot of GB News' content is now behind a paywall, therefore please use the archive links provided to read the stories where necessary.


Angela Rayner 'dismissed' complaints over Islamophobia adviser’s ‘antisemitic’ tweets:




Free speech row erupts as police deploy 'Orwellian' powers to hush firefighter:




Police on the hunt for killer after woman 'murdered' outside care home in horror attack:




Firefighters called out to move more than 40 obese Britons every week:




Matt Goodwin left astonished as reporter lifts lid on children ‘sending Valentine’s Day cards to migrants’:




Fraudster who faked theft of £80k BMW and hid it in his OWN barn spared jail:




Trans criminal who smuggled cannabis into Britain to fund sex change operation jailed in men's prison:




Motorists face 'automatic lifetime bans' as major new driving plans gain widespread support:




DWP confirms launch date for 'biggest benefit fraud crackdown' as Labour to access bank accounts@




HMRC fires 50 workers for 'spying' on taxpayers:




Labour officials looking to OUST Diane Abbott from seat as search for successor gets underway:




Robert Jenrick declares war on 'activist judges' as top Tory admits Nigel Farage 'speaks for millions':



Also, at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, a creche will be available for the following age groups:

4 months to 14 years of age



Since when does a 14 year old child require a creche?
 
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Rick's Beef Wellington said:
I was sharing an AirBnB with some people but they were staying two nights and I had to arrive late so was only staying one. No one could figure out how to make that work until I told them we just calculate a per night stayed rate split, I pay that, they all pay twice that. I just did algebra and they acted like I was turning lead to gold. Some people just can't get their heads around numbers.
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I used to think I was mathematically illiterate, but I've encountered so many people who can't split even a small bill that I wonder if I've been too hard on myself.
 
Failed Lurker said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lxpeM7fDiz8@Null not sure if this posted anywhere already as legal response re Ofcom via US hosting
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Was just about to post this. BBB is moderately based and usually very fair. See also his interview with Rupert Lowe. Most of his regular videos recycle tabloids a bit much though, imo.

EDIT: Yeah this is old-ish news. The investigation was opened on 10th June then updated on 13th August with this snippet:
Provisional Decision: Information Notice duties

In accordance with section 130 of the Online Safety Act 2023, we have today issued 4chan Community Support LLC with a provisional notice of contravention.

Ofcom is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing the provider has contravened its duties under section 102(8) of the Act to comply with two requests for information. We will consider any representations provided in response to this provisional notice before we make a final decision on this matter.
The additional duties under investigation

On 10 June 2025, we opened an investigation into whether the provider of 4chan has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to:

adequately respond to a statutory information request;
complete and keep a record of a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; and
comply with the safety duties about illegal content.

Ofcom’s investigation continues to examine concurrently whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that the provider has failed, or is failing, to comply with the other duties under investigation, including duties to protect its users from illegal content. We will provide updates on these matters in due course.
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The Ofcom lolsuit can't come soon enough. Byrne & Storm's response might be new, though. I checked their blog and the posts are... interesting:

A Proposal for a New British Constitution
Last month, I invited Britons to think about how to lawfully rewrite their constitution. Michael Reiners, @MCRReiners on X, a Cambridge-educated lawyer and founder of the Restorationist Institute, has offered the first serious proposal: repeal 30 years of bad law, wipe out all of the quangos, and enact my 2020 Free Speech Act proposal – among other things – and do most of the legwork in under one month.
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UK Lawyers: Be Not Afraid
UK lawyers have to realize that we’re not going to win back free speech by writing editorials and talking on panels. We’re definitely not going to do it by keeping our heads down and hoping everything just sorts itself out.

We have to fight. That means taking on pro bono clients, arguing that a lot of decisions post-Redmond-Bate were wrongly decided, and advocating for law reform. The only thing we can do until we get that law reform is to keep repeating the free speech position until the judiciary begins to believe it, keep making the argument and willing it into reality.
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Graphite Dog said:
Was just about to post this. BBB is moderately based and usually very fair. See also his interview with Rupert Lowe. Most of his regular videos recycle tabloids a bit much though, imo.
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A very good Barrister as well, lot of the woke people want him barred from practicing because he hurts their feelings (along with every other human being with an IQ in the positive).

Some more news bits:


Angela Rayner accuses Nigel Farage of 'failing young women' as bitter Online Safety Act row rumbles on:




Police refuse to endorse 'vigilante volunteer force' in Bournemouth despite crime wave fears:




Judge who let blade-carrying migrant remain in Britain revealed as former asylum aid executive:


https://archive.ph/wip/YRkRm (please check archive out first due to paywall)
 
Graphite Dog said:
A Proposal for a New British Constitution
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I'm going to be honest, I think that the prospect of a UK constitution is fucking stupid.
For decades, mentally ill liberalism was completely entrenched within UK politics. Not a single thought was given to any alternative.
Imagine if Blair had created a "UK Constitution" instead of relying on the EU and ECHR to do his job for him.
Can you imagine the sort of insanity we'd be unable to repeal?
Eddie Riggs said:
Maybe the promise of Ikaruga will get them to comply
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uJwUSVjPy7A
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Dibs on TwinBee
 
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