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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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East_Clintwood said:
Also the Daily Mail had this absolutely kino screenshot from it:
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Got the link? Unfortunately search "Daily Mail" and "shoplifter" yields a lot of results. As an exchange I offer this shoplifting tale.


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Jeremy Clarkson has hit out a shoplifter who was caught brazenly stealing cans of his specialty Gin in a Tin from his Diddly Squat farm shop yesterday.

The former Top Gear host, who opened the Cotswolds-based store in 2020, shared CCTV footage of the thief in the store, telling his fans 'this man came "shopping" at the farm shop', adding that he would 'like to meet the cu.'

The video shows a bearded man, dressed in a black long-sleeve top, black gilet and black cap, casually taking a bottle of what appears to be 50c bottle of Diddly Squat Farm Gin in a Tin - that sells for £41 and comes in three different flavours.

The thief is then seen shoving the dark pink tin, suggesting it is the Juniper, Beetroot, Apple and Dill flavoured booze, into his pocket before veering around the shop.

He then takes another item, that appears to be either a £5 chutney or honey that costs £16.50, into his coat before strolling back around the store, pretending to look interested in its other products, while another man stands at the till.

Police said the two men arrived and left in the same car. While one man went to the counter and bought £69-worth of goods, the other man wearing the cap stole two bottles of alcohol and another unknown item, worth around £80.


The men entered the famous farm at around 4.15pm on Tuesday afternoon. After taking the goods they then left the shop, jumped in a vehicle and drove of in the direction of Burford, West Oxfordshire.

A close up image posted on the farm's Instagram of the second man involved shows him holding a jar of what appears to be honey or chutney as he speaks with the man wearing the cap.

Police told MailOnline they are investigating the incident following the report of shoplifting.

Clarkson fans were quick to comment on the post. One said: 'Where's security when you need them?'

A second joked: 'When you steal from someone who has 6.7million followers and get caught on camera.'

While a third added: 'People actually think cameras do not exist.'

Seemingly stepping away from his trouble at the farm, Clarkson was seen strolling through London's Notting Hill today, cheerily waving at fans he passed in the street.

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police told MailOnline: 'We received a report of shoplifting at Diddly Squat Farm Shop in Chipping Norton Road, Chadlington, at around 4.15pm yesterday (8/8).

'Two men entered the shop after arriving in the same vehicle. One went to the till and bought £69-worth of goods while the other stole two bottles of alcohol and another unknown item, worth around £80.

'Both men then left the shop, got back in the vehicle and drove off in the direction of Burford.'


Officers have urged anyone with information to call 101 or make a report on its website quoting the reference number 43230353268.

Alternatively, information can be provided to the independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or via its website.

Last month Clarkson had another issue at his Oxfordshire site - which is the subject of the presenter's popular TV show Clarkson's Farm - and was forced to issue a frantic warning to customers who may have bought exploding bottles of cider.

He urgently sounded the alarm after a 'massive c**k up' with their Hawkstone ciders.

Issuing a panicked alert, the 63-year-old tweeted: 'F*** F*** F*** F*** F*** F***. There's been a massive cock up and as a result, there's a very slim chance, some of our Hawkstone CIDER bottles might, there's no easy way of saying this, explode.'

He added: 'If the cap has the code L3160, open it underwater, pour it away and get in touch for a refund. Info@Hawkstone.co.

'Really sorry about this but on the upside, the beer is fine and still delicious. As is the cider, in bottles that are unaffected. Which is almost all of them.'

One customer responded to Clarkson's tweet with a photo of the cider bottle, with the L3160 code, tweeting: 'Like this? I had one last night and it was amazing, was looking forward to this one tonight.'

The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host replied: 'Open it while wearing a Hurt Locker suit.'

Another joked: 'The cider is delicious really taste the apple I won't let a little explosive cider put me off.'

The presenter responded: 'Most cider you drink is made from concentrate. Ours is made with actual apples.'

Clarkson and the Costwold Brew Co launched the range of drinks back in 2021.

The Diddly Squat Farm social media page said that the bottles were exploding due to 'over fermenting'.

It added: 'If you have any of this batch it is important to dispose of it now under the water tap and take care as these are in glass bottles - then take a photo of the caps and we will send you a fresh batch or a refund ... whichever you choose...if you have already drunk the cider please don't worry - apologies from us all ...'.

The exploding cider came weeks after Clarkson won his battle with West Oxfordshire District Council to provide more car parking at his Diddly Squat farm.

The TV star had been locked in a bitter row with the council for more than a year after it refused to grant permission for him to extend the shop's parking facilities.

Lack of parking space for visitors resulted in long queues of cars being left on the side of country roads causing boggy mounds and damaging land.

It triggered outrage among some locals in the leafy village of Chadlington.

But finally in June the council gave way for the extension and for change of use of the land.

Proposals to add a restaurant onto the popular site, however, were turned down.

MailOnline has contacted Clarkson.
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Twitter users currently losing their shit over this. Current speculation mostly seems to be focused on it being either David Jason, David Walliams or Russell brand. Anyone wanna get their bets in?
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Of the choices presented: David Williams (I don't want it to be David Jason, I like Only Fools and Horses. And Russell Brand basically doesn't have a career outside his youtube show)
Outside of the three, it's probably going to be someone from ITV. Throwing a dart at the board: Leigh Francis. Outside of morning tv show presenters and Ant & Dec, he's the only ITV personality I'd call 'A list'
 
There was a Russell brand YouTube promo for a live show pre covid.
He's wearing a karate top with that pedo triangle symbol on it and he talks about how great it is having kids. Coincidental and maybe he's just playing with people's heads.
Tl;Dr, my bet is Russell brand.
 
Lots of rumours about Holly Willoughby circulating. Drugs/affair/diva. The UK public are sick of her and would probably enjoy watching her downfall. No one gives a shit about Brand, revelations about Walliams wouldn't be a shock to anyone. Willoughby though, that would be juicy.
 
Oh that’s boring. No doubt the attacks are also coming from places that were ok with him being that way until him talking went against their beliefs.

But honestly, who gives a fuck? He has not been relevent in the U.K for ages. And as he himself says, everyone knew.

Fuck, they held his rehabilitation up as a sucsess story when it happened iirc.

And now when his career is dead because he no longer fits in with them they take issue? Just in time for an election season? Yawm.
 
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Whew, a former heroin junkie is probably a rapist too, crazy. Those women have some pretty accurate accounts with dates and times and one even is referred to in a stand-up he did sometime later.

I really want to edit monkey noises over that shoplifting clip so badly.
 
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He’s going to get in trouble for putting his hands around her neck. That is genuinely dangerous and they’ll throw the book at him for it I reckon, even though it was momentary. But what’s he supposed to do when the police never show up and someone’s robbing his store? We are going to see a lot more of this if the police don’t do their jobs.
Also: ffs Peckham? Could be anywhere in Africa… the state of London
 
Chaotic Pizzaparty said:
Whew, a former heroin junkie is probably a rapist too, crazy. Those women have some pretty accurate accounts with dates and times and one even is referred to in a stand-up he did sometime later.

I really want to edit monkey noises over that shoplifting clip so badly.
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Or she added a detail from his stand up to make it sound more credible? She didn't mention it until a decade or so later.
 

Diane Abbott has branded a Labour Party investigation into her comments about racism "fraudulent".
She was suspended as a Labour MP in April after suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people were not subject to racism "all their lives".
Ms Abbott later apologised and withdrew her remarks.
The party said it had introduced an independent complaints process to investigate cases and would not give a running commentary.
Ms Abbott said she had been told by Labour whips - who are in charge of party discipline - there would be an investigation but she claimed this was now in the hands of Labour Party HQ and that no proper process had been undertaken in the four months since her suspension.
If the whip remains suspended at the next election, she cannot stand as a Labour candidate. Ms Abbott is claiming this is the outcome the party leadership has been seeking.
The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said the HQ would report to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, "who almost immediately pronounced my guilt publicly".
"This completely undermines any idea that there is fairness or any natural justice. It is procedurally improper," she wrote in a statement posted on X.
She added that the "Labour apparatus" had installed its own, hand-picked personnel in her constituency, clearing the way to replace her as the candidate prior to the next election.
Senior Labour figures had suggested privately that one solution to the stand-off would be to restore the whip in return for an undertaking by Ms Abbott to stand down at the next election.
Her statement suggests that no such deal was struck, though Labour sources insist that, despite her criticisms, they have not ruled out restoring the whip and the investigation was continuing.
A Labour Party spokesperson said: "The Labour Party rightly expects the highest standards of behaviour from its elected representatives, and has introduced an independent complaints process to investigate cases.
"We do not give a running commentary on ongoing investigations."
Ms Abbott, who is on the left of the party and a staunch supporter of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, claimed "others have committed far more grave offences, and belated or grudging apologies have been wrung from them".
"Yet they have been immediately excused as supporters of the leadership," she said.
Ms Abbott added: "Taken together, the procedural impropriety, Starmer's pronouncement of my guilt, the four-month delay in the investigation, the repeated refusal to try to reach any accommodation, all point in the direction that the verdict has already been reached. The crushing of democracy in my local Labour Party is the latest confirmation.
"I am the longest serving black MP. Yet there is widespread sentiment that as a black woman, and someone on the left of the Labour Party, that I will not get a far hearing from this Labour leadership."
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Ms Abbott, who is on the left of the party and a staunch supporter of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, claimed "others have committed far more grave offences, and belated or grudging apologies have been wrung from them".
"Yet they have been immediately excused as supporters of the leadership," she said.
Ms Abbott added: "Taken together, the procedural impropriety, Starmer's pronouncement of my guilt, the four-month delay in the investigation, the repeated refusal to try to reach any accommodation, all point in the direction that the verdict has already been reached. The crushing of democracy in my local Labour Party is the latest confirmation.
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I don't like Abbott and even I think she is being treated massively unfairly. It's a political purge of actual socialists from the so called Labour Party.
 
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