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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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Chunky Salsa said:
I dislike comedies because I hate being happy.
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Ok but hear me out, how about a reality TV show following Warwick Davis sent to the Netherlands, and we've given everyone he interacts with 20 euros to act like Warwick is an actual human who doesn't need any sort of help doing regular human things and to ignore him and we film it all.
 
How could I forget The Fast Show and Still Game?
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Parents in Liverpool received this email/letter today [Please note the American date format] and multiple schools have locked down. It has been confirmed to be a hoax. However given the Edinburgh and Birmingham school stabbings recently I would not take my chances.
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BBC article, they report that many parents have voluntarily taken their kids out of school.
Thousands of parents across Merseyside have been contacted after "hoax" threats were emailed to a number of schools.

Merseyside Police, which said the threats were not believed to have been genuine, is investigating who sent the "malicious communications".

The force also confirmed it had not advised schools to close, although LIPA Primary and High School in Liverpool City Centre told parents not to attend on Monday morning.

Chesterfield High School in Crosby went into temporary lockdown but told the BBC it had resumed normal activities after speaking to police.
Both Chesterfield and LIPA, as well as schools including Maricourt Catholic High School in Maghull; St Anne's Catholic Primary School in Huyton; Sudley Primary School in Aigburth; Runnymede St Edwards Primary School in West Derby and Mosspits Primary School in Wavertree sent messages to parents on Monday morning.

It is unclear how many schools received the threats directly, although LIPA and Chesterfield High confirmed they had received the email.
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ETA: The Thick of It. We've killed Mr Tickle. TICKEL, HIS NAME WAS TICKEL.
 
Jimmy Dean Bowl said:
How could I forget The Fast Show and Still Game?
Non haggisniggers may need subtitles.
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Chewin the fat as well. Absolutely brilliant.

I like a touch of frost for when I need reminding the world hasn't always been shite. WPCs only, minority non whites,subtle digs at police force incompetence. What's not to like.
 
Went to see if I could find any news on the fire on brit/pol/. They have some good news links so copying them here.

>NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s
>Ministers admit Keir Starmer's 'reset' with EU will hammer thousands of businesses with costly Brussels red tape even if they don't trade with the bloc, sparking fresh accusations of Brexit 'betrayal'
>Sadiq Khan stonewalled nine times on rape gangs — now 40,000 are demanding he quits
>Britain’s aircraft carrier may need French escort
>Labour in ‘deep trouble’ with Black voters, Operation Black Vote chair warns
>Bible sales at their highest in almost three decades
>Ian Huntley’s daughter says ‘flush his ashes down the toilet
>How Starmer was squeezed between his defence chiefs and all his senior ministers

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How long until they kick Farage out and turn the party in favour of the British public again? 2 years?
 

"I ran into the shop and I saw a small fire under the counter," he said.

Lamin said there was an adapter charging system - full of chargers - and that's where the fire was.

Lamin then dashed next door to the Subway sandwich shop to get help. He said he came back with a fire extinguisher and tried to fight the fire. But two explosions in the vape shop meant that he had to turn around and shout at passers-by to "get back".
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Well that fucking explains why it went into a fucking blaze. Tons of charges in an adapter which we don't know if it's also stacked with other adapters/extensions which I bet has been on constantly plus the tons of lion batteries due to the vapes.. No fucking wonder it exploded.

I feel like at this point we need some sort of bomb box to deal with these batteries because this is becoming a common problem. One is bad enough but this a shop full of the fucking things. Here is the front of the Vape Shop in question. Classy.

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Here is a short clip of trying to deal with the fire with an extinguisher..



And here is the current damage done so far.

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Kofi Drinka said:
How long until they kick Farage out and turn the party in favour of the British public again? 2 years?
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I give it on how long the average person gets sick of him which is going to be a very long while.
 
Jimmy Dean Bowl said:
Bottom is one of the greatest British comedies, ever.
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It's like looking into a mirror.

There is a prototype bottom where they play essentially the same characters but Neil from the young ones is involved. And the DANGEROUS BROTHERS skits they used to do. Their body of work is a lot more than 2 series and a bad movie. And they always play similar characters.
 
Although the basics have been covered, I'll add a few to the TV list:
Tom Nook's Gloryhole said:
they were built at a time where you could just get an Irishman filled with opiates to climb to the top and fix shit.
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Which is why any program with Fred Dibner is a peek into a glorious past, or possibly a parallel universe.

In no particular order:
Hustle turned to shit, but the first few seasons were excellent.
Foyle's War is basically early-era Midsomer Murders, set around WWII.
The Professionals is a bit silly but most enjoyable:
The Avengers (1960's, not the Marvel slop) is profoundly silly, but has Diana Rigg at the height of her powers. You can skip The New Avengers.
The Prisoner doesn't have Diana Rigg, but is just as weird.
Has nobody mentioned Blake's 7? For shame. And of course in the same Welsh quarry you'll find OG Doctor Who (literally, on one glorious occasion, where both crews turned up on the same day).
Better chuck in Sapphire and Steel as well, which is... Odd. Very odd.
 
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