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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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My most enduring memory of Blackpool is from a school trip to the pleasure beach. This one kid from my class rode all the coasters without issue, then had a complete nervous breakdown in some shitty haunted swing ride.
 
CWCissey said:
It's a shame they got rid of the Ghost Train. The Wallace And Gromit ride is charming enough, but it's not the same.

The new coaster is surprisingly good however.
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I recall a chamber of horrors called the “Fun house”, a warehouse full of sadistic rides. The centrifugal spinning ride was horrific. I remember a friend throwing up and his spew forming an “L” shape as it came out of his mouth and went left into the face of the poor unfortunate next to him.
 
East_Clintwood said:


Operation Fuck off Back to Africa is a go, I repeat Operation Fuck off Back to Africa is a go.

On the downside a bunch of the people scheduled to be sent have managed to weasel their way out in one way or another, but the fact that courts didn't straight up block it is an encouraging sign, and might make it easier to send fuckers on future flights.
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Well, I'm now reading that this flight didn't take off in the end: "cancelled minutes before take off after a late legal challenge"


And yet people will still claim that we live in some kind of fascist dictatorship? I don't remember Pinochet being cucked out of his Death Flights by nuisance lawsuits.
 
Also. Don't forget that for every immigrant we send to Rwanda, Rwanda sends one back. It's not actually a good deal.
 
Clem Fandango said:
Well, I'm now reading that this flight didn't take off in the end: "cancelled minutes before take off after a late legal challenge"


And yet people will still claim that we live in some kind of fascist dictatorship? I don't remember Pinochet being cucked out of his Death Flights by nuisance lawsuits.
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Yes, orders came from the European Court of Human Rights.
 
Hoplixe said:
Yes, orders came from the European Court of Human Rights.
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I am so fucking sick of people's "human rights". Sure, they sound appealing on paper, but carry them through to their logical conclusion and they are fundamentally at odds with having a country.

Someone wants to invade your country by sea? Pushing the boats back is illegal (naughty Greece). Try setting up a fence to keep invaders out? Why, people might freeze to death in the forests outside! (try again Poland).

Now we're being told that getting rid of people that did successfully sneak in is also illegal. Well I've had enough of this. If that's what the law says, then change the law. If we've signed up to an international treaty that ties our hands in this way, then fucking tear it up.
 
Clem Fandango said:
I am so fucking sick of people's "human rights". Sure, they sound appealing on paper, but carry them through to their logical conclusion and they are fundamentally at odds with having a country.

Someone wants to invade your country by sea? Pushing the boats back is illegal (naughty Greece). Try setting up a fence to keep invaders out? Why, people might freeze to death in the forests outside! (try again Poland).

Now we're being told that getting rid of people that did successfully sneak in is also illegal. Well I've had enough of this. If that's what the law says, then change the law. If we've signed up to an international treaty that ties our hands in this way, then fucking tear it up.
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Oy goy, you cannot say that it's wrongthink!
 
Johan Schmidt said:
Also. Don't forget that for every immigrant we send to Rwanda, Rwanda sends one back. It's not actually a good deal.
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Not only that—'The refugees who are brought to this country are likely to be those with the most complex needs, it is understood, such as those with physical or mental health problems.'

Importing African spackers to own the loony left. Nice one, lads.
 
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Not only that—'The refugees who are brought to this country are likely to be those with the most complex needs, it is understood, such as those with physical or mental health problems.'

Importing African spackers to own the loony left. Nice one, lads.
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Listen, if we don't appease people who hate us and will never vote for us the jew who instructs all the political parties will get pissed off- I mean it would be unconductive to the fabric of our nation.
 
Ly Erg said:
Sounds like the average Tory mindset. Pretend you are doing something well while you leave the mess to someone else, who will also leave the mess to someone else etc etc.
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The tories MO has been to LARP as a government since Obamas first term. They're unlikely to change that anytime soon.
 
Clem Fandango said:
I am so fucking sick of people's "human rights". Sure, they sound appealing on paper, but carry them through to their logical conclusion and they are fundamentally at odds with having a country.

Someone wants to invade your country by sea? Pushing the boats back is illegal (naughty Greece). Try setting up a fence to keep invaders out? Why, people might freeze to death in the forests outside! (try again Poland).

Now we're being told that getting rid of people that did successfully sneak in is also illegal. Well I've had enough of this. If that's what the law says, then change the law. If we've signed up to an international treaty that ties our hands in this way, then fucking tear it up.
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The concept of HR we have now is born out of the Nuremberg Trials, and a noble attempt to codify how civilisation should act. The problem is the UK signed up to all provisions, when others take a pick and mix attitude.
It’s further compounded by the UK’s tendency to gold plate all of its international obligations.
This means scope creep of provision such as a “right to a family life” being extended to include 14yo girls being groomed.
 
RealMuthaForYa said:
The concept of HR we have now is born out of the Nuremberg Trials, and a noble attempt to codify how civilisation should act. The problem is the UK signed up to all provisions, when others take a pick and mix attitude.
It’s further compounded by the UK’s tendency to gold plate all of its international obligations.
This means scope creep of provision such as a “right to a family life” being extended to include 14yo girls being groomed.
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I hope for the sake of the world that Gandhi rises from his grave in a giant mushroom cloud and gives the UK what it deserves.
 
Clem Fandango said:
Well, I'm now reading that this flight didn't take off in the end: "cancelled minutes before take off after a late legal challenge"
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Jesus Christ, UK was THIS FUCKING CLOSE to making one, ONE! thing right, and in the end fucked up nonetheless. Weird how they never seem to fail in doing the wrong things, like prosecuting people for mean tweets or putting someone who stopped a terrorist attack on the "possible terrorist" watchlist, somehow in such cases no all-powerful "human rights" political body intervenes
 
I appreciate it's endlessly frustrating, yet we have to do these things 100% legally or we fuck ourselves.

Since 2010 we have jailed 1 in 3 male first generation muslim immigrants, for example. If their individual convictions aren't entirely above board, that can quite correctly be labelled an Official Policy of Internment, and we'd be fucked internationally on things like trade.

It's even more legally important where removal of people from the country is concerned. As much as we'd like to boat them over to a rock in the Channel close to France and dump them there, this is entirely illegal. It prevents countries from emptying their prisons and lunatic asylums, force marching them to the border, and dumping them on a neighbour. Recent history is full of rogue nations doing exactly this, and it's caused utter chaos.

We want these people out, that much we can all agree on. Now we just have to wait for the law to facilitate this, which it will, at its own pace. Which is usually the speed at which a sailboat can glide to India and back twice over, hardly a surprise given The Law Society today has roots in 1700s trade. It's also why the Left have dedicated all of their efforts to remove the legal term "illegal alien" from common usage: an illegal alien cannot own property or money, all of their earnings are forfeit to the State, and the salt in their bloodstream legally belongs to the country they currently reside in and can be collected upon without notice. It's the very worst legal designation as can be.
 
This one is going to be a headache for the uni.


The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is facing fierce criticism after reportedly suspending students who shared details of racist incidents online.

The Preston university has been attacked over its treatment of whistleblowers who posted pictures of a student who had an offensive slur and a swastika scrawled across his chest. Drama students Elizabeth and Jemima said they shared the images to social media months after making complaints to the university.

But the pair were allegedly suspended last week and accused of bringing the organisation into disrepute. That action came after Elizabeth posted a photo showing a male student with “I hate n****s” and the Nazi symbol both written in red lipstick. This was alongside images of the same student dressed in blackface in a school play.

Elizabeth accused university leaders of failing to take action in response to the photographs. After being suspended, she told the Independent: “Honestly I’m not coping very well, the thought of losing my degree and being expelled is so scary, especially if we don’t get justice then we would have done all this for nothing."

In a recent post to Instagram, Elizabeth said: "We're waiting at the moment for further stuff to happen before we give a proper update on the situation, but continue to share."

The unnamed UCLan student in the picture claimed the words were drawn by his girlfriend and insisted he “had no control over what was written.” He said it was part of a drinking game in which she was asked to “write the most offensive thing possible” and that he had not agreed to any photo being taken.

Jemima said: “This is a slap in the face and not what I hoped would come out of this. The university was made aware of this issue, we reported it in line with their policy and no action was taken until we, essentially, called them out publicly."

The university is now facing criticism for the suspensions from both inside and outside the institution. UCLan alumni Reni Eddo-Lodge, an award-winning journalist and writer whose work has focused on exposing structural racism, tweeted that she was not shocked by what had happened.

She also posted: “That my alma mater chose to suspend the students who exposed racism is an absolute disgrace. Don’t dare claim me as a success while engaging in this nonsense. Reinstate the students immediately."

Preston City Councillor Pav Akhtar, who is also Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at NHS Blood and Transplant and Director of UK Black Pride, added to the condemnation. He said: “Hopefully the pressure will force. @UCLan to undo its decision to suspend Black students who called out racism. Punishing people who report racism discourages reporting, and makes students less safe.”

A spokesperson for the university said: “At the University of Central Lancashire we do not condone any form of racism, harassment, bullying or hate crime and our ethos is for everyone to treat each other with respect. We take matters such as this very seriously and have been carrying out a number of investigations into all aspects of this case. As soon as we were made aware of the issue we took immediate steps to investigate. It would not be appropriate to share the details of the case nor breach the confidentiality of the individuals involved as we deal with this matter.”
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