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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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AnOminous said:
Do pigs in that country have to fail an IQ test or something?
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Too much work and government beuraucracy at its finest. "Is it registered on the land registry? Yup, we'll that's out of our hand, sounds like a you problem now".

Anything to avoid serious work outside of shit like murder, they will do. That's why they go about harassing people for wrong think to cook the books.

Had a friend get his apartment broken into and stuff stolen, including his Mac laptop few years ago. After the police did a basic search, they gave up. He used the "Find my Mac" function to track it to a pawn shop and called the police to tell them. Said they closed the case and it was now his problem, weren't going to follow up on it.
 
AnOminous said:
Well, why are they wasting time on this? Don't they know that someone might be quoting the dictionary definition of "woman" on social media somewhere?
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Leaders from most of the world are in the country right now. Sturgeon has to pretend the SNP is able to govern like a first world country for a brief while
 
Morethanabitfoolish said:
Inflatable%20loch%20ness.jpg

Note that these arseholes were apparently going to dump this into the River Clyde. So they're blocking waterways along with roads now.
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Look at that blighted landscape. A better use of time and money would have been to clean up that graffiti, tend to the landscaping, and fix up any other damage there. That could be quite a beautiful area.

Morethanabitfoolish said:
Glasgow has some amazing graffiti.

Those in the article aren't even part of the mural trail so it's not official stuff.
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Coolio55 said:
Hey! That's actually some well drawn graffiti in the background!
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"amazing graffiti"
kys asap plz
 
Has anyone got a clip of the stream that got this guy sent to prison?

English football fan jailed after LIVE-STREAMING himself racially abusing Sancho, Saka and Rashford​


English football supporter Jonathan Best has been jailed for 10 weeks after live-streaming racial abuse towards Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka on his personal Facebook page following England's Euro 2020 final loss.
England's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) heard that Best, 52, streamed an 18-second clip to the social media platform in which he unleashed a litany of racial abuse towards the trio of black players who missed penalties in the shootout against eventual winners Italy at Wembley Stadium in July, and was on Tuesday sentenced to the prison term.
Best, who works as a forklift driver, had previously pleaded guilty to 'sending by public communication network a grossly offensive or indecent or obscene or menacing message or matter' and had initially refused to take the offending clip down from his social media page after being reported to both Facebook and local police by a work colleague.
Facebook eventually intervened and removed the clip three days after it was posted.

"While the majority of the nation took great pride in the Three Lions reaching their first international final in more than 50 years, Jonathon Best took to Facebook to livestream a barrage of racist abuse at the three players who missed penalties during the game," said Elaine Cousins of the CPS of the case.
"He used social media to publicly vilify these three young men who tried to score for England. When approached by a Facebook friend asking him to remove the grossly offensive content, Best replied: 'It's my profile, I can do what I want.'
"There is absolutely no room in the game, nor elsewhere, for racism. The CPS is committed to bringing perpetrators of hate crime to justice where there is the evidence to do so.
"I would like to thank the individual who reported this appalling hate crime and I hope this prosecution goes some way in educating and deterring people from posting hate on social media."

News of the prosecution and subsequent sentencing comes as social media companies attempt to grapple with an alarming rise in racist messaging being sent to public figures, and especially high profile black footballers in the United Kingdom.
Manchester United's Rashford, who was one of the players targeted by Best, has detailed on numerous occasions the offensive messages he says he receives on an almost daily basis while Arsenal's Saka said that his first thought after missing the penalty against Italy was related to the immediate abuse he expected to receive on social media.
The CPS also affirmed that it is working with representatives of both the police and football bodies in a bid to solidify the requirements for criminal prosecutions of people who sent racist messages online.
"Hate crimes such as these have a massive impact on players and their mental health," said Elizabeth Jenkins of the CPS.
"The CPS takes this kind of offending very seriously and this case shows that where offensive content is reported to the police we can successfully bring offenders to justice."

"It may be only 10 weeks prison time, but for probably the next 3 - 6 years that criminal record will pop up for checks relating to future employment and visas..... Actions have consequences," said one person in reaction to the news.
"Don’t call him a football fan, call him what he is, a racist," said another.
"70 days is plenty of time to read lots of books about black history and heritage," added a third.

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English football fan jailed after LIVE-STREAMING himself racially abusing Sancho, Saka and Rashford

English football supporter Jonathan Best has been jailed for 10 weeks after live-streaming racial abuse towards Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka on his personal Facebook page following England's Euro 2020 final loss.
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"70 days is plenty of time to read lots of books about black history and heritage,"

Prison for calling people names.
 
In yet another example of Boris Johnson's talent for taking a potentially good situation and managing to fuck it up spectacularly, an MP was accused of illegally taking lobbying money, and in danger of being suspended for a month. By all accounts the investigation was pretty much a kangaroo court that was overseen by some woman who's still seething over Brexit, but there was nonetheless some pretty strong evidence of wrongdoing by the MP, Owen Paterson.

Instead of saying something like "We accept that Mr. Paterson needs to be punished for what he did, but this case has exposed obvious issues with the disciplinary process that need to be addressed", Johnson pretty much said "Nah, fuck that shit, we're just gonna overturn this punishment. And you know what, politically independent disciplinary boards are for pussies, let's replace it with one directly overseen by the government."

Well, last night Johnson managed to win the vote over the matter, but with nearly a third of his party either abstaining or voting against it. And it caused such a massive shitstorm even in the normally Conservative-supporting sections of the press that they've already abandoned the plan and are likely to let Paterson's suspension go through. They're trying to blame it on Labour and the SNP for not wanting to participate in an overhaul of the system, but still, seems like a pretty major and needless fuck-up. (I've heard Johnson might have been trying to avoid a recall and consequent special election, but everything indicates Paterson would easily win re-election in that scenario, making it an even weirder clusterfuck)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59163961
 
mate said:
Has anyone got a clip of the stream that got this guy sent to prison?

English football fan jailed after LIVE-STREAMING himself racially abusing Sancho, Saka and Rashford​


English football supporter Jonathan Best has been jailed for 10 weeks after live-streaming racial abuse towards Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka on his personal Facebook page following England's Euro 2020 final loss.
England's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) heard that Best, 52, streamed an 18-second clip to the social media platform in which he unleashed a litany of racial abuse towards the trio of black players who missed penalties in the shootout against eventual winners Italy at Wembley Stadium in July, and was on Tuesday sentenced to the prison term.
Best, who works as a forklift driver, had previously pleaded guilty to 'sending by public communication network a grossly offensive or indecent or obscene or menacing message or matter' and had initially refused to take the offending clip down from his social media page after being reported to both Facebook and local police by a work colleague.
Facebook eventually intervened and removed the clip three days after it was posted.

"While the majority of the nation took great pride in the Three Lions reaching their first international final in more than 50 years, Jonathon Best took to Facebook to livestream a barrage of racist abuse at the three players who missed penalties during the game," said Elaine Cousins of the CPS of the case.
"He used social media to publicly vilify these three young men who tried to score for England. When approached by a Facebook friend asking him to remove the grossly offensive content, Best replied: 'It's my profile, I can do what I want.'
"There is absolutely no room in the game, nor elsewhere, for racism. The CPS is committed to bringing perpetrators of hate crime to justice where there is the evidence to do so.
"I would like to thank the individual who reported this appalling hate crime and I hope this prosecution goes some way in educating and deterring people from posting hate on social media."

News of the prosecution and subsequent sentencing comes as social media companies attempt to grapple with an alarming rise in racist messaging being sent to public figures, and especially high profile black footballers in the United Kingdom.
Manchester United's Rashford, who was one of the players targeted by Best, has detailed on numerous occasions the offensive messages he says he receives on an almost daily basis while Arsenal's Saka said that his first thought after missing the penalty against Italy was related to the immediate abuse he expected to receive on social media.
The CPS also affirmed that it is working with representatives of both the police and football bodies in a bid to solidify the requirements for criminal prosecutions of people who sent racist messages online.
"Hate crimes such as these have a massive impact on players and their mental health," said Elizabeth Jenkins of the CPS.
"The CPS takes this kind of offending very seriously and this case shows that where offensive content is reported to the police we can successfully bring offenders to justice."

"It may be only 10 weeks prison time, but for probably the next 3 - 6 years that criminal record will pop up for checks relating to future employment and visas..... Actions have consequences," said one person in reaction to the news.
"Don’t call him a football fan, call him what he is, a racist," said another.
"70 days is plenty of time to read lots of books about black history and heritage," added a third.

www.rt.com

English football fan jailed after LIVE-STREAMING himself racially abusing Sancho, Saka and Rashford

English football supporter Jonathan Best has been jailed for 10 weeks after live-streaming racial abuse towards Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka on his personal Facebook page following England's Euro 2020 final loss.
www.rt.com www.rt.com

"70 days is plenty of time to read lots of books about black history and heritage,"

Prison for calling people names.
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How the fuck is 18 seconds a "barrage?" Fuck this shithole country of weaklings.
 
mate said:
Has anyone got a clip of the stream that got this guy sent to prison?

English football fan jailed after LIVE-STREAMING himself racially abusing Sancho, Saka and Rashford​


English football supporter Jonathan Best has been jailed for 10 weeks after live-streaming racial abuse towards Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka on his personal Facebook page following England's Euro 2020 final loss.
England's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) heard that Best, 52, streamed an 18-second clip to the social media platform in which he unleashed a litany of racial abuse towards the trio of black players who missed penalties in the shootout against eventual winners Italy at Wembley Stadium in July, and was on Tuesday sentenced to the prison term.
Best, who works as a forklift driver, had previously pleaded guilty to 'sending by public communication network a grossly offensive or indecent or obscene or menacing message or matter' and had initially refused to take the offending clip down from his social media page after being reported to both Facebook and local police by a work colleague.
Facebook eventually intervened and removed the clip three days after it was posted.

"While the majority of the nation took great pride in the Three Lions reaching their first international final in more than 50 years, Jonathon Best took to Facebook to livestream a barrage of racist abuse at the three players who missed penalties during the game," said Elaine Cousins of the CPS of the case.
"He used social media to publicly vilify these three young men who tried to score for England. When approached by a Facebook friend asking him to remove the grossly offensive content, Best replied: 'It's my profile, I can do what I want.'
"There is absolutely no room in the game, nor elsewhere, for racism. The CPS is committed to bringing perpetrators of hate crime to justice where there is the evidence to do so.
"I would like to thank the individual who reported this appalling hate crime and I hope this prosecution goes some way in educating and deterring people from posting hate on social media."

News of the prosecution and subsequent sentencing comes as social media companies attempt to grapple with an alarming rise in racist messaging being sent to public figures, and especially high profile black footballers in the United Kingdom.
Manchester United's Rashford, who was one of the players targeted by Best, has detailed on numerous occasions the offensive messages he says he receives on an almost daily basis while Arsenal's Saka said that his first thought after missing the penalty against Italy was related to the immediate abuse he expected to receive on social media.
The CPS also affirmed that it is working with representatives of both the police and football bodies in a bid to solidify the requirements for criminal prosecutions of people who sent racist messages online.
"Hate crimes such as these have a massive impact on players and their mental health," said Elizabeth Jenkins of the CPS.
"The CPS takes this kind of offending very seriously and this case shows that where offensive content is reported to the police we can successfully bring offenders to justice."

"It may be only 10 weeks prison time, but for probably the next 3 - 6 years that criminal record will pop up for checks relating to future employment and visas..... Actions have consequences," said one person in reaction to the news.
"Don’t call him a football fan, call him what he is, a racist," said another.
"70 days is plenty of time to read lots of books about black history and heritage," added a third.

www.rt.com

English football fan jailed after LIVE-STREAMING himself racially abusing Sancho, Saka and Rashford

English football supporter Jonathan Best has been jailed for 10 weeks after live-streaming racial abuse towards Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka on his personal Facebook page following England's Euro 2020 final loss.
www.rt.com www.rt.com

"70 days is plenty of time to read lots of books about black history and heritage,"

Prison for calling people names.
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70 days in prison, a life time of struggling for work.
 
I've encountered Paterson a handful of times IRL and he seemed the exact slimy, underhanded, thinks he's smarter than he is type to pull this. His constituency is pretty much solid blue though, tories could run a corpse in North Shropshire and still win it.
 
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