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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.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Sorry if late.

I've heard that the MSM has updated the colour of their weather maps again, adding black to make it look like places have burned to ash, but I've seen no images if this. If anyone has them, please post them.

I have seen the ones posted years ago when they changed the summer colours from green, yellow, and orange to red, dark red, and blood red. I've not seen this new burned black one.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

A significant number of scottish independence accounts went silent when Iran's internet was cut off. Turns out they've been running disinfo and disruption campaigns against us for years.

I'm always very suspicious of "political enemy of the day is actually the one behind all these schemes" after all the Russian shit. It would be interesting if someone with a twitter account involved in the Scottish larp would check account locations. A lot of "UK" run social media accounts are owned by people in the middle East openly and I'm convinced it's more about scamming than lying. If you run "Uk for Yukay people" and a bunch of old fogies join you have a huge number of potential scam victims. A lot of them are in the right demographic to fall for it. They're looking for scam victims and to find single women and match them up with foreigners looking for a visa. Fat ugly women on social media getting attention from an average looking Indian will fall for so many scams and even marry them if they sweet talk enough.

 

[Inquisitor_BadAss]

Since we're dunking on the Jocks right now it's the perfect time to post this

Former SNP chief executive and Nicole Sturgeons ex husband has plead guilty to stealing £400,000 from the SNP. He has been taken away on remand and is awaiting sentencing. While there's no doubt in my mind Sturgeon knew, the only way I see her getting away with it was singing like a bird before he had a chance to speak.