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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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#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs

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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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The hype got me like #Greggs #Veganuary

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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.

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.

 

[They were once men]

Reform UK whatever happened there

 

[CaptainAutism69]

With Reform I have seen them remove popular local candidates who helped bring the party to prominence because they're not Farage loyalists. I have seen actual grass roots supporters told by parachuted in new leaders to fall in line or get out. And I know for a fact that Reform has been bringing in a whole bunch of former Conservative campaign managers and co.. And of course very popular and effective people such as Rupert Lowe removed on trumped up charges, later shown to be false, but not invited back - because the reason was always removing rivals.

Remember that the parasite did the same with UKIP and ended up killing the party one he has sucked everything dry from it.

 

[Overly Serious]

Get out of my Greggs.

(sorry to only quote this tiny bit of your post, which was thoughtful and I basically agree with all of it)

That's okay.

And to take things too seriously (see username), I think it's sometimes a useful reminder that one of the big tools the Progressives and Globohomo wield is the claim that being against mass migration or taking pride in your nation must mean you are racist. Without wishing to take anything away from all the Greggs posters who embrace that, there's some value in getting across to regular folks that it's not a choice between being racist or accepting anything they tell you to. You can actually not be racist and still object to things. They get too much mileage out of labelling things racist.

 

[CaptainAutism69]

“elephant graveyard for brown Tories”

Farage's long term goal is to become leader of the Tory party.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

The only purpose I currently see for reform is to pull the other parties closer to the anti-migrant position. Labour, right now, are actively courting the sort of people who would be dismissed as swivel-eyed loons just a few years ago. They're doing a piss-poor job of it, because they're intellectually crippled and under the control of a wax dummy, but they're still doing things they would never have contemplated before. I think that's a good sign.

Reforms purpose was to be the anti-immigrant, "I'm not racist but.... I 'ate those darkies" party. And they have to know taking on a big wig foreigner from the conservative tanks their support. It's like going to a Man U game wearing an Liverpool shirt and being shocked when you get a cup of Bovril thrown at you when you boo them scoring. Fucking stupid.

With Reform I have seen them remove popular local candidates who helped bring the party to prominence because they're not Farage loyalists.

Good local MPs have lost their positions for Reform protest votes and Reform have done nothing to solve the issues even in places they have full control. The supposed waste spending group they had claims to have saved millions but are still so in debt they can't fill in pot holes or pick up litter. Dust bin collection is going to get become once a month the way we're going.

Zahawi joined Theresa May's government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families in the 2018 reshuffle. Following Boris Johnson's appointment as prime minister, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry, and in 2020 he was given additional responsibility for the COVID-19 vaccination programme as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle he was promoted to Johnson's cabinet as Secretary of State for Education. On 5 July 2022, he became the Chancellor of the Exchequer after the resignation of Rishi Sunak. Less than 48 hours later, Zahawi withdrew his support for Johnson and publicly called on him to resign, which Johnson did shortly afterwards.

If the Guardian is right. The cuckservatives have said he left the party when he was denied a peerage. So he could be trying to suck up to Farage to get that. It would make sense.

I don't want to dog pile Welshy. He's probably a bit salty right now with the thread turning on him with this. But I do believe he has hob nobbed with Farage and likely spent time talking to him. Or he's s twat in an arm chair larping as a Reform member. Could be either, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and not picture Onslow from Keeping up appearances.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

This appointment is the worst thing to "curry" my opinion of Reform since Nige kicked out Lowe. Since then, with the appointment of Nadine (the Boris woman). I am done with them. I will only vote for them, but I don't believe in them at all. My area became Reform, and they have done fuck all.

My expectations are subterranean.

 

[Otterly]

It's mental to me that this was a real tweet, sent by a 58 year old former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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'Lol, wot r u up 2 m8?'

Words are hard, innit.

You can actually not be racist and still object to things. They get too much mileage out of labelling things racist.

I just take people as I find them. Apparently that’s not how you are supposed to do it these days, which was a surprise to me.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

An image says a thousand words.

Spoiler

I hope we use this to mock people in the future. It's a good reaction image when Reform act retarded.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Farage's long term goal is to become leader of the Tory party.

Nah, his long-term goal is claiming more pensions.

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

This appointment is the worst thing to "curry" my opinion of Reform since Nige kicked out Lowe. Since then, with the appointment of Nadine (the Boris woman). I am done with them. I will only vote for them, but I don't believe in them at all. My area became Reform, and they have done fuck all.

My expectations are subterranean.

yes they're upping the taxes in places like Worcester where they promised not too. Christ, the amount of things that have gone up in price since New Year- trams, parking, food, again, the leccy bill. Jesus Wept

anyway Keir is ''joking'' around with his lookalike (im faceblind but they do not look alike to me) that he should cover PMQs for him. lol.

 

[Duane Dibbley]

I, for one am shocked, absolutely shocked, that Reform has turned out to be a two-faced, paki-worshipping, uniparty-lite.

Next you'll be telling me that Starmer's successor will be a muslim!

 

[Overly Serious]

I don't want to dog pile Welshy. He's probably a bit salty right now with the thread turning on him with this.

Agreed - no intent to join any dogpile on the guy. Nor do I wish to be wholly dismissive of Reform. But, with current polling they are actually on course to have a major victory. I don't mean that they should count their chickens before they've hatched but it's not too soon for their supporters to start holding their feet to the fire. A hundred people with united purpose are usually a lot more effective than a thousand people willing to compromise. Reform needs to be very careful exactly how much it bends in pursuit of power.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Nigel has a fantastic ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by being a limp wristed faggot. He's an economics man deep down inside, and truly couldn't give a fuck about the actual people of the UK.

 

[Sheep King]

This is where Reform UK should be called 'The Balancing Act Party' - balancing keeping voters who are loyal to Nigel and whom want migrants gone etc. whilst also encouraging people with business and political experience to join the party.

I know you've already gotten enough shit for your opinions, and I agree on your point that there aren't any clear better alternatives to Reform. But this line about browns being acceptable if they have 'business and political experience' sort of demonstrates that we aren't on the same page about them after all. Paki business and politics is as incestuous as their marriages. They're successful in the same way the dickless plutocrats in Brussels are 'successful' at democracy; by subverting the real thing and puppeting its corpse. Don't fall for the trap of assuming that their 'business' and our 'business' are brought about by the same virtues.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Also, to once again re-iterate: There is no acceptable economic argument for us losing our country.

I actually don't care if browns have good businesses. Pakis could shit gold and piss oil and I'd still want them gone. Because it's our country; and they shouldn't be in it.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Also, to once again re-iterate: There is no acceptable economic argument for us losing our country.

I actually don't care if browns have good businesses. Pakis could shit gold and piss oil and I'd still want them gone. Because it's our country; and they shouldn't be in it.

You could have 30 minutes alone with Willow in a sound proof room or you could deport every non white from Europe and have them permanently prevented from ever returning.

Which do you pick?

 

[Chunky Salsa]

You could have 30 minutes alone with Willow in a sound proof room or you could deport every non white from Europe and have them permanently prevented from ever returning.

Which do you pick?

The second, because I already have a sound proofed basement and a plan of action for taking Davis to the Pain Room worked out. Soon.

 

[Made In Wales]

I know you've already gotten enough shit for your opinions, and I agree on your point that there aren't any clear better alternatives to Reform. But this line about browns being acceptable if they have 'business and political experience' sort of demonstrates that we aren't on the same page about them after all. Paki business and politics is as incestuous as their marriages. They're successful in the same way the dickless plutocrats in Brussels are 'successful' at democracy; by subverting the real thing and puppeting its corpse. Don't fall for the trap of assuming that their 'business' and our 'business' are brought about by the same virtues.

Which is why, whether I like it or not, I have little choice but to back Reform UK in the absence of any other credible options.

What will be will be - if it helps to have experienced people in place and Reform UK can at least function properly as a Government then great, but yes I agree that the more Whites in position the better. At this point, the party sadly cannot be too choosy - it should be, but the raw fact is that if Reform UK are going to form the next Government then we can't just have Big Baz as Chancellor - we've seen what a catastrophic failure an under qualified and fraudster has done at the helm (Thieves) and the experience of office Zahawi has, if nothing else is useful.

People also think that Farage will be forever - no, he won't. Not long after becoming PM, we'll then need to plan the second phase which will be to pivot the party towards the right thereby doing what a lot of people here want if it alligns with current thinking and is dobale. Farage will do a few years and then will hopefully be replaced by a younger leader and at that point or shortly after (three to five years) we'll then need to plan for legacy candidates to stand for office - young patriots who can do 10-15 even 20 years as the PM in order to allow for long term stability. It's ironic that in the modern era we've only had two PM's who have made it to 10 years (Thatcher and Blair) with Major only managing just under seven and Cameron getting six years and one month.

By the 2030s, we could very well be on our way to becoming a majority white, lower populated, low tax, high growth country but we can't get to step two without first going through step one - think of it as a newly promoted club trying to survive in the Premier League, they are going to have to bring in experienced people in order to prevent that club from going straight back down. Once they're established, then of course we can push right and hopefully stay in power barring an alternative party gaining traction (that would unlikely be the Libs/Greens who'd follow Labour and the Tories in a death spiral believing that they are right and the people are idiots).

Let's look at illegal migration - I want this ended much as everybody else here, but how do we achieve it and also secure the country's borders? The answer is that we will need a strong military deterrent, but some within the Royal Navy have given the impression that that they'd disobey orders because woke has infested the ranks.

We'd then also face the prospect of the UN and EU declaring war on us for going against what they want - could we realistically defend ourselves from a) invading migrants and b) invading armies backed by the UN and EU? No, therefore we'd need to form an alliance with the USA who could be prepared to save our arses for the right price. That way, and even if we have to bring Russia back in 'from the cold' we'd save ourselves and also defeat the UN and EU - the UK quitting the UN and ECHR needs to happen, but don't think that they'd leave us alone if we left as these people don't do defeat.

These organisations would happily kill us, because they only know their way and not ours.

The puzzle pieces need to fit, but we need to know that they can and will be replaced in time.

Edit: Looks like the Labour defections are coming in as well...

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-reform-labour-defection-imminent

 

[evrae]

The second, because I already have a sound proofed basement and a plan of action for taking Davis to the Pain Room worked out. Soon.

I hope you have a rack down there. Who knows, maybe he turns out to be some sort of Stretch Armstrong-like creature and all you had to do was pull on the tiny bastard hard enough!

 

[BongoMongo]

all you had to do was pull on the tiny bastard hard enough!

I once knew an unfortunately endowed chap who felt the same about his penis.