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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.

 

[EddyRooney]

Vicki Sparkes ruins Match of the Day and live games on the BBC where she "commentates". Always seem to be a second or half a second behind, raises her voice several decibels when one of her favourite players touches the ball, or nearly touches the ball.

Might be better commentating on horse dressage, just so she can calm down a bit.

There are alternatives......possibly not so much for the highlights on MOTD, but any live broadcast the BBC does is ( very unlikely to be what I consider top level football ! ) usually broadcast on foreign channels, if you have them available. South African, New Zealand and American channels tend not to have female commentators. They're usually "journeymen" ex Premier league players, who whilst not polished, often give an insight into the players' side of the game.
A recent example was that most of the Euros were also on New Zealand tv - so a different set of commentators and a slightly different picture feed to the BBC and ITV.
Another alternative is the radio. I don't know if this is still the case but for an example about 20 years ago I had a girlfriend whose Dad was Welsh. He used to have the 6Nations rugby match on BBC and the commentary on the radio. His reasoning was that he found the radio commentary superior because as they didn't have a picture, they had to be far more descriptive with their words. As I said, he was Welsh.

 

[Friendly Primarina]

His reasoning was that he found the radio commentary superior because as they didn't have a picture, they had to be far more descriptive with their words. As I said, he was Welsh.

I've heard that some people do this for cricket as well. Never tried it myself, though.

 

[Bungdit Din]

Imagine watching sportsball in Current Year.

 

[Product Placement]

Anything and everything affects troons more according to Aunty Beeb.

All the noticers have also been noticing:


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This shit is why I will never pay for the BBC. One thing for them to fund shows I don't care about, is another thing to fund woman face shows.

 

[Otterly]

Suzi Perry commentating on Bike racing, not a problem she knows her stuff.
Sue Baker on Question of Sport, no problem, the perfect host.
Gabby Logan, a British legend in her own right.

But football? Keep women commentators away from it, they're awful. Just awful.

Private Eye’s ‘colemanballs’ column was consistently good.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Power word is Graham Harris: https://www.credly.com/users/graham-harris.f64392c7, https://archive.is/mEGbe

EDIT: £50,000 annually works out at £3,300 a month after tax, so he's saying he spends £2,200 on rent and bills. You can rent somewhere in Brum for a grand a month, so where on earth is the rest going - Funko Pops and troonshine?

I’d assume the rest is going to bills not including rent. And you know he did not pick a place with cheap rent so rent is likely higher than 2k anyways.

He’s likely wasting money on food or car travel, telly or energy bills If I had to guess.

Money can get eatern fast if not paying attention.

 

[Overdrive]

I’d assume the rest is going to bills not including rent. And you know he did not pick a place with cheap rent so rent is likely higher than 2k anyways.

He’s likely wasting money on food or car travel, telly or energy bills If I had to guess.

Money can get eatern fast if not paying attention.

£2.2k a month seems real high though, especially for some west midlands shithole. I don't live in a cheap area and even I'd consider that spending a month to be high, I'd have to be eating out multiple times a week or just ordering slop delivered each night to reach that consistently. Given he's trooned out no doubt he's probably adding in all his porn addict bills to that and whatever else these freaks waste their money on too.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

£2.2k a month seems real high though,

It is

I'd have to be eating out multiple times a week or just ordering slop delivered each night to reach that consistently.

Or just spending way too much on food. Know people that never ate out, live on their own and spend like 400 on it.

he's probably adding in all his porn addict bills to that and whatever else these freaks waste their money on too.

He absolutely is.

People are real bad at holding onto money.

Cause as it is 50k a year should be enough to get you a house. So he’s burning money on something real retarded.

 

[Overdrive]

Cause as it is 50k a year should be enough to get you a house.

Yeah for sure, maybe not the one you want though, but at least a start somewhere that you can then move on from in a few years.

Also given his age, when he finished uni and all that, he should be earning much more than that amount as a software dev by this point. Not to PL or anything but I'm younger with less time in industry and easily over double his number, so he's definitely retarded in more ways than just his troonery.

 

[STARS158]

Dublin, Ireland 12:30am

 

[AssignedEva]

£2.2k a month seems real high though, especially for some west midlands shithole.

For example, this 4 bed semi in southwest Birmingham is £2.1k a month:

I'm willing to wager it's a house rental rather than a flat (or at least a flat with multiple bedrooms), which means higher bills. Possibly in case estranged children wanted to visit?

Also given his age, when he finished uni and all that, he should be earning much more than that amount as a software dev by this point.

Buzz on twitter that I can't verify is that the current job has only been for six months, and there's a history of employment instability "due to undiagnosed autism"

 

[FedPostalService]

Buzz on twitter that I can't verify is that the current job has only been for six months, and there's a history of employment instability "due to undiagnosed autism"

As soon as he put a dress on that should have confirmed autism.

Plus, it’s not like coding it’s used to dealing with autistics. It’s practically the entire profession

 

[teriyakiburns]

Buzz on twitter that I can't verify is that the current job has only been for six months, and there's a history of employment instability "due to undiagnosed autism"

It's right on his linkedin. Started at Wavenet in April. His previous job was 7 months, the one before that was 1 year and 1 month. He's managed to change positions about once a year on average for the last eight years.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Labour's internal dissent is starting early.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c978m6z3egno

Seven Labour MPs have had the whip suspended for six months after voting against the government on an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
Ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell was among the Labour MPs who voted for an SNP motion calling for an end to the policy, which prevents almost all parents from claiming Universal Credit or child tax credit for more than two children.
Mr McDonnell backed the SNP motion alongside Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana.
MPs rejected the SNP amendment by 363 votes to 103, in the first major test of the new Labour government’s authority.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87rp0xr3ydo
The two-child cap, which was introduced by the Conservatives in 2017, does not apply to child benefit, a weekly payment which is made for every child someone has.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, external has estimated that removing the two-child benefit cap would eventually cost the government £3.4bn a year, roughly 3% of the total budget for working-age benefits.
Figures show, external an estimated 1.6 million children were living in families affected by the policy.
However, a recent survey by YouGov suggested, external 60% of people think the two-child limit should remain.
Losing the whip means the MPs are suspended from the parliamentary party and will now sit as independents.
Nearly all of the rebels were allies of the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who now sits as an independent MP and put his name to the SNP motion.
Ms Sultana told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she had not been informed she would lose the whip if she voted for the amendment.
However, she said this would not have changed her decision.
The MP for Coventry South told Today: "I'm not interested in playing up to this macho virility test that seems to be what people are talking about.
"It's about the material conditions of 330,000 children living in poverty.
"This isn't a game. This is about people's lives."
Mr Burgon said he was "disappointed" by the decision to suspend him, while Ms Begum said she had voted against the cap because it had "contributed to rising and deepening levels of child poverty and food insecurity for many East End families".
Mr Byrne, meanwhile, said the "best way" to help his Liverpool West Derby constituents living in poverty was to scrap the cap.
Before the vote, Mr McDonnell said: "I don't like voting for other parties' amendments, but I'm following Keir Starmer's example as he said put country before party."
However, Jonathan Ashworth, a former Labour shadow cabinet member and key figure in the party's election campaign, said voting for the amendment was "a futile gesture".
Mr Ashworth, who unexpectedly lost his seat in the election to an independent pro-Gaza candidate, told the BBC: "The government is not unsympathetic to the cause.
"It has announced a child poverty review. The right way to effect change is not the parliamentary games of last night, but to engage with that review."
The decision to remove the whip is an early show of force from the new government in the face of its first rebellion.
Even though it was a small one, Labour whips are trying to send a message to MPs that dissent will not be tolerated in votes.
However, there are many more Labour MPs who are opposed to the cap and hope the party will make a decision in the coming months to scrap it.
The government has said it is not prepared to make "unfunded promises" by abolishing the cap.
Sir Keir Starmer was challenged by SNP MPs over the issue during Prime Minister's Questions.
In response he pointed to the government's new child poverty taskforce and plans to introduce free breakfast clubs in primary schools as evidence of his commitment to lifting children out of poverty.
Meanwhile, five independent MPs who also support scrapping the cap, including Mr Corbyn, have said they are "looking forward to working closely" with the seven ex-Labour MPs who have been suspended.
"As independent members of Parliament, we welcome more members in Parliament who are free to speak out against inequality and injustice without fear of repercussion from their party whip," they said in a letter to the seven MPs.

Kim Johnson and Rosie Duffield were among 19 Labour MPs to sign another amendment calling for an end to the cap, which was not put to a vote.
Several prominent critics of the cap, including Ian Lavery and Nadia Whittome, who both signed rebel amendments, abstained.
Labour veteran and Mother of the House Diane Abbott did not take part in the vote due to "personal reasons" but in a statement said she was "horrified" MPs had been suspended "when removing the cap is supposed to be party policy".
Emma Lewell-Buck, Labour MP for South Shields, who put her name to a rebel amendment, said she did not vote against the government because "none of the votes taking place tonight would have resulted in scrapping the cap".
In a social media post , externalshe said: "There will be an Autumn Budget soon and I know myself and other colleagues will be working constructively with the government to make scrapping the cap part of it."
Despite the rebellion, Sir Keir easily saw off the first major test of his government – passing the King's Speech.
Separately Labour defeated an attempt by the Conservatives to insert an amendment to the King's Speech promoting Tory policies on defence spending, illegal migration and cutting inflation by 384 votes to 117.
A Lib Dem-tabled amendment which sought to commit the government to focus on crises in the health and social care system, sewage dumping and electoral reform was defeated by 382 votes to 85 - despite receiving support from Reform UK, the Green Party and parties from Wales and Northern Ireland.
Opposition parties customarily try to amend the King's Speech to include their priorities for the next parliament, though they almost never succeed.

 

[Help I'm A BritFag]

Labour's internal dissent is starting early.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c978m6z3egno

So he's already fucked off seven MPs for rebelling on a complete non-issue like Child Benefit, the real fun will start when there's a vote on some contentious issue like Gaza and dozens of Asian MPs /Corbynites go against him and plunge the party into full-scale civil war. Leftists and infighting, who'd have thought it.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

The thing is Birmingham is not that expensive either and because the different minorities you can batch cook or learn a lot of different meals and not get bored. Birmingham in the nice areas actually is not that bad and the high street is tolerable but it has got a lot worse since the council went into administration.

As for the people who were suspended, they got their whip took away for 6 months which is fucking crazy. I listened to Sultana's interview and her reason was to stem child poverty. Asians are about 24% of welfare recipients and whites 51% in the UK I assume its immigrants and asylum seekers. The reason I read from another Labour member was it stopped growth but welfare is about 1% of the UK's GDP, its pretty minor and why I don't take too much of an issue with it. Starmer already has revealed he is a Tory in Labour clothing publicly, we knew here and a lot of tapped in people did. Starmer runs Labour akin to Thatcher running the Conservatives and it will be his undoing. I am loving our 19 years of Conservative rule but I would honestly prefer Hunt as Chancellor because he is not psychotic.

Honestly just get a part time job in IT it's practically busy work, I had one during covid and studying med. It was boring as fuck but I discovered that so many IT staff do stuff like play video games whilst working so I felt less bad. I don't know how the fuck you are burning through 50k so easy? Is he single because if you have joint income its even harder, the other half and I have to legit try to dent our monthly income. This fucker must be using uber eats like a madman.

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

Asians are about 75% of welfare recipients in the UK

Are we just making stuff up now?

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Asians use state benefits at around the same rate as whites IIRC.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Yeah for sure, maybe not the one you want though, but at least a start somewhere that you can then move on from in a few years.

Also given his age, when he finished uni and all that, he should be earning much more than that amount as a software dev by this point. Not to PL or anything but I'm younger with less time in industry and easily over double his number,

so he's definitely retarded in more ways than just his troonery.

Yeah with the amount they are making they should be able to rent or buy comfortablely and bank enough money to live comfortably. So I can only assume they are living in a house way nicer than they need or spending way too much money on crap as Chaotic Pizzaguy points out you can cook any food you want for cheap

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

@Rusty Metal Skull Gun I stand corrected and altered in accordance to th' HMRC statistics bureau, I do cannot recall where I read that stat probably the scum. The other amount is undisclosed, so mixed most likely.