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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.

 

[MrBlueSocks]

Also, lol @ it being called Archbishop Sentamu Academy. The school that is. There was a vogue for trying to be as woke as possible in naming things in the British public sector for a while. This is how there's a Sojourner Truth Terrace in Hackney and a Steve Biko Way in Hounslow.

Spoiler: Plonkers

It's been a noted lefty trend for a long time.
See also, the names of all the student union bars etc in Student Grant in Viz

Reasonable belief can be a bitch. If they are going after him for Sexual Assault in the UK it requires.

• Person (A) intentionally causes another person (B) to engage in an activity,
• The activity is sexual,
• B does not consent to engaging in the activity, and
• A does not reasonably believe that B consents

It's weak af. Is a peck on the cheek sexual? Doubt it (but who knows in the current clown world). Did he reasonably believe that she consented? This is where Coronachan comes into play. Would a reasonable person believe that a random 70 year old person want a kiss on the cheek from a stranger when they are in the vulnerable bracket? Maybe not.

Overall it's stupid af. Police are sticking their noses into something that doesn't need to be investigated because they have nothing better to do. Go investigate real crimes instead of these matters.

I think they've gone for the closest possible crime, when someone has complained to the police about an unwanted kiss.

A kiss could be argued as sexual, though it is a borderline case. They're going to have to argue the difference between a kiss, and a peck on the cheek . Evidence that not all kissing is sexual, bring your granny in as an expert witness...
The reasonable belief of consent is the crux of the defence I reckon. Though I am not a lawyer, and there is an actual solicitor in this thread.
Found this old BBC article when looking.

At the trial of Conservative MP Nigel Evans earlier this year, the court was told that he had tried to kiss someone, been rebuffed, and had backed off. This was regarded by the Crown Prosecution Service as potentially criminal .

Which is even more shocking than the current case. Didn't even kiss the other person in that case.

But yeah, I seem to be on my own here. Everybody else is saying "PC gone mad" , I am more in the "you can't just go around kissing people against their will" camp. It's frowned upon.

 

[Clem Fandango]

Spoiler: Plonkers

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It's been a noted lefty trend for a long time.
See also, the names of all the student union bars etc in Student Grant in Viz

I think they've gone for the closest possible crime, when someone has complained to the police about an unwanted kiss.

A kiss could be argued as sexual, though it is a borderline case. They're going to have to argue the difference between a kiss, and a peck on the cheek . Evidence that not all kissing is sexual, bring your granny in as an expert witness...
The reasonable belief of consent is the crux of the defence I reckon. Though I am not a lawyer, and there is an actual solicitor in this thread.
Found this old BBC article when looking.

Which is even more shocking than the current case. Didn't even kiss the other person in that case.

But yeah, I seem to be on my own here. Everybody else is saying "PC gone mad" , I am more in the "you can't just go around kissing people against their will" camp. It's frowned upon.

Nigel Evans is a dirty fucker who likes very young men, so I'm pretty sure that quoted section is part of a larger case against him.

From what I've heard from people that used to be into Tory politics in uni, it's a miracle he's not yet been convicted of anything. I'm sure he'll eventually slip up.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

Anyone got a link to Prince Charles making people mad over a program to pay people to harvest produce while the borders are closed?

 

[Irrelevant]

Could be worse. He could have attacked her with a bicycle wheel.

I see that pic posted about quite a bit but there's a lot more going on that nobody ever addresses.

The two black "pipes" are clearly aero bars off a bike (assuming both are bent and it's just the angle that makes one look straight).

The weird black thing at the bottom centre is a bike lock covered in fabric to protect the paint.

So at first glance it's like someone was walking down the street with a bunch of bike parts but then think about it and it makes no sense. Why is the wheel from a shitty hybrid or mountain bike but the aero bars would be off a road bike and where are all the other pieces that come with the aero bars (arm wrests, clamps, etc)? It's like it's random stolen shit but then why isn't the lock broken.

The only thing that makes sense is the aero bars and lock are intended to be weapons but then you're back to why the fuck is the wheel there too unless it was just stolen.

 

[Coolio55]

I see that pic posted about quite a bit but there's a lot more going on that nobody ever addresses.

The two black "pipes" are clearly aero bars off a bike (assuming both are bent and it's just the angle that makes one look straight).

The weird black thing at the bottom centre is a bike lock covered in fabric to protect the paint.

So at first glance it's like someone was walking down the street with a bunch of bike parts but then think about it and it makes no sense. Why is the wheel from a shitty hybrid or mountain bike but the aero bars would be off a road bike and where are all the other pieces that come with the aero bars (arm wrests, clamps, etc)? It's like it's random stolen shit but then why isn't the lock broken.

The only thing that makes sense is the aero bars and lock are intended to be weapons but then you're back to why the fuck is the wheel there too.

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Bro. You forgot the literal fucking car stereo. (Looks like a classic model. It has a tape player)
There's also fuel, presumably stolen from the same car.

 

[Irrelevant]

Bro. You forgot the literal fucking car stereo. (Looks like a classic model. It has a tape player)
There's also fuel, presumably stolen from the same car.

Yeah if you assume the wheel, stereo, and fuel were stolen on the day and the rest are weapons it makes sense.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

Yeah if you assume the wheel, stereo, and fuel were stolen on the day and the rest are weapons it makes sense.

I suspect it was probably a general "look at what stolen gear we seized off a local ne'er do well" but was mis-captioned as "weapons sweep" because he also had some knives with him.

 

[Bender]

I suspect it was probably a general "look at what stolen gear we seized off a local ne'er do well" but was mis-captioned as "weapons sweep" because he also had some knives with him.

Why is everyone here suddenly trying to normalise bike tyre killings?

 

[Irrelevant]

Bet you she spent hours getting he self to look like that for a picture no one gives a shit about

absolutely delusional

The photos women submit for news articles these days are ridiculous. This article was on the front page of the BBC today and the pics had me laughing. I had to scroll back up to check they weren't accidentally reusing pics of the same woman.

‘I’m very aware of my body changing in lockdown’

People who go the extra mile for their appearance on how they've reacted to their changing looks.

www.bbc.co.uk

And this angry couple from a few days earlier made me laugh too. The photo is credited to the guy on the right so you know it's a completely posed selfie or whatever a couple equivalent is.

'One click and I was worse off' from benefit claim

People claiming universal credit for the first time may lose existing benefits and be worse off.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sped Xing]

No wonder the white race is going extinct in Britain! No one can fuck that!

 

[Garm]

I see that pic posted about quite a bit but there's a lot more going on that nobody ever addresses.

The two black "pipes" are clearly aero bars off a bike (assuming both are bent and it's just the angle that makes one look straight).

The weird black thing at the bottom centre is a bike lock covered in fabric to protect the paint.

So at first glance it's like someone was walking down the street with a bunch of bike parts but then think about it and it makes no sense. Why is the wheel from a shitty hybrid or mountain bike but the aero bars would be off a road bike and where are all the other pieces that come with the aero bars (arm wrests, clamps, etc)? It's like it's random stolen shit but then why isn't the lock broken.

The only thing that makes sense is the aero bars and lock are intended to be weapons but then you're back to why the fuck is the wheel there too unless it was just stolen.

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If this is what the Brits consider "weapons" I have a veritable armory in my yard.

 

[Bender]

If this is what the Brits consider "weapons" I have a veritable armory in my yard.

My bike's got a flat tyre, fancy sending me a restricted weapon called a "bike wheel" so I can replace it?

 

[Ginger Piglet]

he photos women submit for news articles these days are ridiculous. This article was on the front page of the BBC today and the pics had me laughing. I had to scroll back up to check they weren't accidentally reusing pics of the same woman.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-52728957

What the fuck happened to her mug? Did someone smack her in the gob or something?

Also, that article is all about "influencers." Why oh why does our media insist on covering fucking "influencers." Leave them on Instacrap and report some news that we might actually need to know about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52675084

I think this is called a compo face.

 

[Bender]

What the fuck happened to her mug? Did someone smack her in the gob or something?

Caption from that photo: "Katy says she'll be first in line to get her nails done when lockdown ends "
So no, but somebody needs to, lol.

 

[{o}P II]

What the fuck happened to her mug? Did someone smack her in the gob or something?

She looks like she has had lip injections

 

[Garm]

My bike's got a flat tyre, fancy sending me a restricted weapon called a "bike wheel" so I can replace it?

I may have a bike tire. I was more concerned about the car stereo in the picture. If those are weapons then I assume carburetors and alternators are fair game also. Just weld a chain to them and start swingin'.

 

[Sped Xing]

She looks like she has had lip injections

She looks like she's had uglystick beatings.

 

[Irrelevant]

Also, that article is all about "influencers." Why oh why does our media insist on covering fucking "influencers." Leave them on Instacrap and report some news that we might actually need to know about.

When you see them lined up one after the other in articles like these or in every article featuring some youngish mother you realise the IG style and related stuff is just modern chavs.

Chavs also had their own over the top makeup style and were into faking a more glamorous lifestyle and wore so much Burberry it permanently defiled the brand. Where I lived chavs weren't even necessarily poor, just white trash.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

When you see them lined up one after the other in articles like these or in every article featuring some youngish mother you realise the IG style is just modern chavs.

Chavs also had their own over the top makeup style and were into faking a more glamorous lifestyle and wore so much Burberry it permanently defiled the brand. Where I lived chavs weren't even necessarily poor, just white trash.

Yep. To me the epitome of council is Ellenor Jane Darby, offspring of convicted bank fraudster Giles Darby. She was the "influencer" who tried to blag a free hotel stay and then spilled the onion tears on YouTube after the hotel owner told her to FRO. She is so council it hurts. Bottle blonde dye job. Constantly ironed hair. Fishlips. Everything either white, dusky pink, or silvery with glitter. "Live, Laugh, Love" on the walls. Oh, and after the above incident she got her old man to pay for a pair of bolt-ons as well. In 20 years' time she will be literally the final boss of Karens.

 

[AnOminous]

Chavs also had their own over the top makeup style and were into faking a more glamorous lifestyle and wore so much Burberry it permanently defiled the brand. Where I lived chavs weren't even necessarily poor, just white trash.

They even briefly almost entirely discontinued the trademark Burberry check because chavs had wiped feces all over the brand so much they had to try to shake them off.