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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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Otterly said:
I wish kier a slow but inevitable fall from grace, perhaps with a side of stress-related ulcer. I DO hope all the skeletons in the closet are brought out, especially any role in the Rwandan stabbers family being here and whatever lord ali and the Ukrainian arsonists were retaliating for
Did I miss anything last week?
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Welcome back!
 
Otterly said:
I wish kier a slow but inevitable fall from grace, perhaps with a side of stress-related ulcer. I DO hope all the skeletons in the closet are brought out, especially any role in the Rwandan stabbers family being here and whatever lord ali and the Ukrainian arsonists were retaliating for
Did I miss anything last week?
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One of Keith's close political allies was revealed to be corrupt/a nonce/politically unsound and forced to step down after he'd publicly stated his full support. Same as any other week lately, really.

Also, welcome back!
 
teriyakiburns said:
BBC now reporting on Trump's suggestion to stop the boats with other boats, among other things. Mostly it's Trump dunking on Keir. The article is surprisingly even-handed about the whole thing.
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Simply beautiful.

Stymied Starmer is now a dead man walking.

Even some of the Labour luvvies now reckon he'll be out of the job by Christmas.

@Otterly Not too bad here, Mound is still bestowing his rainbows upon me and it's 50/50 as to whether or not the Warwick Davis thread will be a thing this year.

Oh and Jimmy Kimmel had his arse handed to him on a plate.

Not much to report from Wales - a school went into lockdown and the armed police were called... thankfully it turned out to be a hoax.
 
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She would've had an easy schtick to lean into, one with more appeal than Keir's retarded, "My dad made tools," bit. Single mother, bipolar mum, disabled son, unionist care worker, "muh NHS" – the candidate who many people would probably feel was "Just like me" and would appeal to Leftist sensibilities even if she ultimately just followed the Neoliberal line like Starmer.
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You forgot, "first female Labour prime minister."
Otterly said:
I had a really good week,
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Good. Hope the break left you feeling refreshed and ready for me and you didn't cheat on the Farms too much with the dozens of Kirk threads on Mumsnet.
 
Otterly said:
Freudian slip?
(Where you say one thing and mean your mother…)
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I've been sleeping terribly and my typing is getting worse. Luckily it's not slipped through too much to my work.

I notice you didn't take up the bait about Mumsnet. Admit it, you're one of the people who was sprouting hate facts there.
 
Morethanabitfoolish said:
I've been sleeping terribly and my typing is getting worse. Luckily it's not slipped through too much to my work.

I notice you didn't take up the bait about Mumsnet. Admit it, you're one of the people who was sprouting hate facts there.
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Made me smile anyway. My autocorrect has a wicked sense of humour and it’s got me in trouble before.
I can neither confirm nor deny any trolling of MN, nor any IRL agitation that occupied my week off. I did have a lovely time though, and the universe threw a lovely surprise at me .
 
Otterly said:
I can neither confirm nor deny any trolling of MN, nor any IRL agitation that occupied my week off. I did have a lovely time though, and the universe threw a lovely surprise at me .
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Excellent and assuming the surprise isn't any of the hilarity posted here glad to hear it
 
teriyakiburns said:
BBC now reporting on Trump's suggestion to stop the boats with other boats, among other things. Mostly it's Trump dunking on Keir. The article is surprisingly even-handed about the whole thing.
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"I don't know him actually," Trump said, when asked about whether he had sympathy with Lord Mandelson.

Itchy fucking beard mate. If he didn't know him through Epstein he probably read the file.

In other news...

I had to remind the local ham boomers about fedposting on the repeater again today. I first tuned in at about 7am and rahowa hour was already well underway. I love 'em, but fucking hell.
 
Muad'Dick said:
I had to remind the local ham boomers about fedposting on the repeater again today. I first tuned in at about 7am and rahowa hour was already well underway. I love 'em, but fucking hell.
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Given the inability of so many to emerge from their pits and function before 9am without a gallon of coffee there's a non-zero chance that when the pensioners rise up we'll see a re-enactment of that South Park episode.
 
More like Tranny Blair, evil people man. Soros looks like shit too, maybe be less of an evil cunt.

Starmer is dead, Trump cucked him, and he is not going to last til November. MacSweeney was not invited to the morning meeting yesterday, so we know he is going tomorrow.
 
Kier Starmer said:
More like Tranny Blair, evil people man. Soros looks like shit too, maybe be less of an evil cunt.

Starmer is dead, Trump cucked him, and he is not going to last til November. MacSweeney was not invited to the morning meeting yesterday, so we know he is going tomorrow.
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Interesting, there's something definitely up in the Civil Service at present.

McSweeney going would be more ammo against Starmer - the Blairites will take him under their wings if they feel it's now advantageous.

I agree - Starmer will possibly limp through Conference season but I cannot see him surviving much beyond that. There is allegedly a pre-Budget vote being penciled in as an Opposition Day motion and this will be severely damaging.

@Chunky Salsa I always preferred 'The Last To Know': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMdawh_x0wY
 
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welcome back otterly!
Jezbollah already being reported to the ICO. Odds on this new party even making it to the end of the year? Allegations against a Karie Murphy taking the money are said to be false- so who has the money, where is the money, and who authorised it? Did Sultana just get her dates wrong or was she taking over the party and trying to claim the money for herself? I don't know if shes a scammer but it's funny to watch people blindly support her becoz muslim feminist and Adnan Hussain told her to shut up last week. No party name, no dates, and already potentially stealing up to 1 million in direct debits. This whole thing reads like an beggar gofundme scam. Plz Donate to defeat fascism

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Chopper from GB News gives his take on Donald's visit:

Donald Trump‘s historic second state visit to the UK is over and the President and First Lady are on the way back to Washington DC on Air Force One.

For a visit which appeared to carry so much risk for the safety-first Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, he and his team will be breathing a sigh of relief that it passes without incident.

The two-day State Visit was divided into two clear halves: a royal day and a political day.

The royal day - focused on Windsor Castle - allowed the King and Queen and senior members of the Royal Family to show how the UK leads the world in putting on a ceremonial show, with lunch, tea and a state dinner for a president who clearly loves the UK.

Then came the politics day, and a huge £250billion technology deal covering areas, including the growth areas of Artificial Intelligence, quantum science and new nuclear reactors. No wonder Starmer described it as "the biggest investment package of its kind by a country mile".

Starmer knew that this scale of deal would be unlikely to get agreed were it not for the arrival of a US President so fixated on getting the best business deals for American companies.

The UK did not get everything it wanted: there was nothing on cutting 25 per cent tariffs on the British steel exports to America; and nothing to protect the UK’s creative industry from the ravages of AI bots.

But risk was always going to be in the press conference at Chequers towards the end of the visit on Thursday afternoon.

No10 did all it could to stop Trump going off script - the names of UK journalists allowed to question Trump and Starmer were chosen from an approved list prepared by 10 Downing St.

And even then, the issues of where they would disagree were predictable, notably over the UK’s probable recognition of Palestine as an independent state, possibly as soon as this weekend. This prospect clearly irked Trump, who made clear that he felt it should not happen until Hamas has released all of the Israeli hostages taken on October 7, 2023.

At one point, Starmer was asked by an American journalist whether he was delaying announcing the Palestine decision until Trump had left Britain. This triggered the only moment when Starmer looked physically uncomfortable as he had to say that Hamas would not be running Gaza after any recognition. That in turn prompted a hearty slap on the back from Trump himself.

Elsewhere, Trump wondered out loud why Starmer would not just order the military to stop the small boats carrying migrants from France to England. It made Starmer look weak on the day when he had trumpeted a single migrant being flown back to France at taxpayers’ expense under the much vaunted one in one out deal with France’s Emmanuel Macron.

And Trump returned to a familiar ‘bête noire’ in attacking the Labour Government's commitment to wind energy at the expense of oil and gas. “Wind is a very expensive joke,“ he said. “You have a very good asset. It’s called the North Sea.”

Starmer was asked about freedom of speech and gave a strong defence of UK laws to protect children online. And a question from GB News’ Bev Turner about faith prompted an unexpected answer from Starmer. “I was christened. I have been in the church all my life,” he said.

Even the spectre of Jeffrey Epstein barely raised its head, with only a question asked about the sacking of the former US Ambassador Peter Mandelson for his links to the convicted paedophile.

The press conference passed off without any great drama. And given the unpredictability of Trump at such occasions, that is a win for 10 Downing St.

It is quite a turnaround for the Starmer team. Don’t forget, a year ago, Trump‘s allies were threatening legal action against Labour over supporting the rival Kamala Harris’s campaign to be president. In fact, Starmer only met Trump a year ago.

Sitting at the press conference just six feet from Trump and Starmer, I was fascinated by the clear personal warmth between the pair. They have met on average once every eight weeks since Trump entered the White House. And they clearly get on.

I left Chequers reflecting on how the UK feels it is being pulled into the orbit of the United States, after this successful two-day State Visit. But where that leaves the UK’s ongoing relationship with the European Union - we will have to wait and see.
 
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