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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.

 

[isalaide]

I don't think outside of our wee britfag gang here, anyone else would know who he is, but Tony Slattery has died. I feel profoundly sad. I was an enormous fan of his as a kid, and the terrible abuse he suffered as a kid and the terrible trouble he had with his mental health and substances broke my heart. He did a big interview a few years ago that was just heartbreaking and a documentary too. I hope he had some kind of peace in his last few years.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Absolutely hard disagree - there were no jobs during this time period. There were no entry jobs and there were no shit-tier jobs.

The only industry to suffer near me was construction. Everything else was business as usual.

Also getting the gift of near 0% interest rates and doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING was retarded.

Who did nothing? I didn't, I took advantage of that shit.

 

[Overly Serious]

I don't think outside of our wee britfag gang here, anyone else would know who he is, but Tony Slattery has died. I feel profoundly sad. I was an enormous fan of his as a kid, and the terrible abuse he suffered as a kid and the terrible trouble he had with his mental health and substances broke my heart. He did a big interview a few years ago that was just heartbreaking and a documentary too. I hope he had some kind of peace in his last few years.

RIP. He was one of my favourites on Whose Line Is It Anyway. Think I remember him guest presenting Have I Got News For You as well. He was a funny guy and gave off the sort of vibe that felt like he was a decent bloke as well.

 

[isalaide]

RIP. He was one of my favourites on Whose Line Is It Anyway. Think I remember him guest presenting Have I Got News For You as well. He was a funny guy and gave off the sort of vibe that felt like he was a decent bloke as well.

The tributes from those who knew him are all lovely, filled with real love. I hope he knew that. He had every talent you could have wanted to succeed in life, and such terrible demons.

 

[FedPostalService]

The tributes from those who knew him are all lovely, filled with real love. I hope he knew that. He had every talent you could have wanted to succeed in life, and such terrible demons.

It hit me too. He was hilariously funny and seemed a decent bloke. How the press went after him when he had his first mental health crisis was horrific.

I really hope he said some peace and happiness in his final years. 65 is way too young these days.

 

[EddyRooney]

The only industry to suffer near me was construction. Everything else was business as usual.

Who did nothing? I didn't, I took advantage of that shit.

I think the point is being made that the government didn't take advantage of low interest rates to fund any large scale infrastructure projects and update the facilities needed to fuel the economy long term, when it would have been relatively cheaper to do so. This, curiously enough, would have fuelled demand in the construction industry and led to a greater demand for jobs in that sector. You can argue the Keynesian impacts of these decisions as much as you like, but failing to invest can be as risky as over investing. There is an element of "fixing the roof whiist the sun shines" here.

 

[Bloom Worm Cross Field]

Bring back Cameron and Osborne, the last pair to have the balls to lead this country.

Cameron's Tories didn't implement real austerity, they cut services by a flat rate instead of axing useless sections of the state, they kept every single piece of Blairite vandalism on the law books, they rolled out the welcome mat for all of the cultural subversion of the country to come over the next decade, they inherited the country after it was pushed socially liberal by Labour and pushed it even further, they installed DEI hires into the ranks of the Conservative party that would eventually percolate up into the likes of "Kemi" Banenoch, they constantly tried to expand the surveillance state further and further, and they were the first of the pathetic conga line of Tory governments to nakedly break their promises on immigration levels. Cameron was the architect of the extremely undignified death of the Conservative party. The only good thing he ever did was be inept enough to misjudge the gamble over Brexit.

Oh, and they pioneered the art of standing like a gay retard.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

I think the point is being made that the government didn't take advantage of low interest rates to fund any large scale infrastructure projects and update the facilities needed to fuel the economy long term, when it would have been relatively cheaper to do so. This, curiously enough, would have fuelled demand in the construction industry and led to a greater demand for jobs in that sector. You can argue the Keynesian impacts of these decisions as much as you like, but failing to invest can be as risky as over investing. There is an element of "fixing the roof whiist the sun shines" here.

A well-reasoned and level-headed post. However, I don't entirely agree. Cameron used the money ear-marked for infrastructure to pay off every penny of debt that the UK had, a priority which they themselves made clear on numerous occasions.
This wasn't a normal government, it was one attempting to save us after supposed economic collapse. The failing was on the subsequent tory leaders for not using the 0% interest to their advantage once the austerity measures had been successful.

Cameron's Tories didn't implement real austerity, they cut services by a flat rate instead of axing useless sections of the state, they kept every single piece of Blairite vandalism on the law books, they rolled out the welcome mat for all of the cultural subversion of the country to come over the next decade, they inherited the country after it was pushed socially liberal by Labour and pushed it even further, they installed DEI hires into the ranks of the Conservative party that would eventually percolate up into the likes of "Kemi" Banenoch, they constantly tried to expand the surveillance state further and further, and they were the first of the pathetic conga line of Tory governments to nakedly break their promises on immigration levels. Cameron was the architect of the extremely undignified death of the Conservative party. The only good thing he ever did was be inept enough to misjudge the gamble over Brexit.

Oh, and they pioneered the art of standing like a gay retard.
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And yet, we were still better off under their leadership than any government since...when? Blair was an arse and Thatcher was divisive.

I personally don't like Cameron, he's a smarmy twat. I absolutely respect his balls of steel and confidence with a plan that saved this country.

Consider this; Would you rather have 2012 levels of austerity, with the prices and levels of services, or a decade of non-austerity where chickens are £7 and most roads look like they belong on a bombing range?

 

[The Crack Spiders Bitch]

Oh, and they pioneered the art of standing like a gay retard.

They look like they've pissed their pants and are attempting to air dry their nethers.

 

[Gian-Luca Caluga]

I don't think outside of our wee britfag gang here, anyone else would know who he is, but Tony Slattery has died. I feel profoundly sad. I was an enormous fan of his as a kid, and the terrible abuse he suffered as a kid and the terrible trouble he had with his mental health and substances broke my heart. He did a big interview a few years ago that was just heartbreaking and a documentary too. I hope he had some kind of peace in his last few years.

Who's looking after the phoney cattery?!

 

[f4t2h7gc]

how much electronics are thrown out because a fuse in the plug goes and people don’t know it can be replaced.

E-waste is a big problem. It's one of the unspoken realities of 'greener technologies' and the ever changing electrical situation in your household wiring. More and more active components. Smart technology. LED light fixtures that are completely irreparable and go straight to landfill. Tonnes upon tonnes of it every year.

Right to repair should have been written into law years ago, but it does very little for these mass manufactured electrical goods that are flogged at home improvement stores.

 

[Help I'm A BritFag]

MP to take legal action over Andrew Tate social media posts

"During a debate on violence against women and girls, Eastwood said she was once approached by a member of the public who told her that he wanted to rape her"

>some boat monkey in the street threatens to rape you
>"I'm suing Andrew Tate, this is clearly all his fault!
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Is there anything the Left haven't blamed on this bloke yet? I'm sure they'll be claiming he's single-handedly causing climate change next.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Rejecting modernity and embracing tradition like a boss.

I often wonder how much electronics are thrown out because a fuse in the plug goes and people don’t know it can be replaced.

A metric shit load. And it is not even because people do not know it can be replaced. It is just quicker and cheaper for people to buy new. And most of the time that is not an issue of price but an issue of time.

 

[FedPostalService]

A metric shit load. And it is not even because people do not know it can be replaced. It is just quicker and cheaper for people to buy new. And most of the time that is not an issue of price but an issue of time.

I had to buy fuses recently and I had to search an insane number of high street shops before I found someone who would them.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Treasury minister just quit because corruption.

https://news.sky.com/story/tulip-siddiq-resigns-as-treasury-minister-13287920

I do like that the person in charge of the money and making sure every was above board was literally a thieving whore.

And that raises the big question of ‘how can anyone trust Labour to have the money for the things they say’

Because again, person in charge of that was a lying, thieving whore.

 

[Allo Vera]

Poor Tony Slattery. One of those gutting but unsurprising celeb deaths. I know it’s a cliche to throw around phrases about being tortured and never being able to slay their demons, but that couldn’t be truer of him. I still have memories of how manic and close to the edge (in a thrilling way) he was in his mid 90s peak.

This paragraph in his obituary in The Times really got me:

The couple lived with their cat in a rented flat in Edgware, north London, with the distant promise of a “ship coming in” after Slattery signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to write his memoirs. He never delivered them.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

I had to buy fuses recently and I had to search an insane number of high street shops before I found someone who would them.

I needed a 12 amp one recently, went to the shops; and the guy didn't have any. What he did have however was a bunch of 16 amp ones that he tried very hard to convince me were just as good; and would be completely safe. Which resulted in a 15 minute argument where I tried to explain to the asian gentleman owning the shop, that he was in fact, trying to convince me to burn my house down. Insane. Had to go to toolstation in the end.

 

[Monopolywheel]

Ivor Caplin, the guy who got caught in a nonce sting operation and arrested is now out on bail.
Can you guess what one of the first things he did was?

 

[kcbbq]

I do like that the person in charge of the money and making sure every was above board was literally a thieving whore.

And that raises the big question of ‘how can anyone trust Labour to have the money for the things they say’

Because again, person in charge of that was a lying, thieving whore.

Because of this I've been trying, and failing, to understand the structure of the bongland government. I'm not low IQ as far as I can tell but the organization is impenetrable.

I get the king, and the House of Commons and the House of Lords. I get the cabinet, and even the shadow cabinet even if it is just a participation trophy so the election losers can feel like they are part of something. I can even get the privy council despite the monarch being pretty neutered - you have to keep someone who can unilaterally declare war informed of what's going on. But then it gets incomprehensible with the parallel and only partially overlapping organizations that seem to exist because everyone needs a title, but then the people who needed titles before everyone got one need more than one so they still stand out, like the Lords of the Treasury who aren't lords anymore, and two are now just additional titles for the prime minister and another cabinet minister, making the organization unnecessary now but you can't get rid of titles because then there won't be enough for everyone.

Just do a corporate restructuring already, holy shit.

 

[BrightonAndHoveAlbion]

UK's Chagos deal on hold to allow Trump to assess it

The UK's planned handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius should be considered by incoming US President Donald Trump before it goes ahead, Downing Street has said.
Efforts were made to get the treaty signed before President-elect Trump's inauguration on Monday, the BBC understands, and it had been expected the Mauritian cabinet would approve the proposal on Wednesday.

The UK plans to hand over sovereignty of the cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean, but to maintain a 99-year lease over the joint UK and US military airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it was "perfectly reasonable for the US administration to consider the detail" of any agreement.

Perhaps the sun won't be setting on the empire after all.