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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.

 

[Stabmaster Arson]

Boris seems absolutely determined to keep his post even if he has to be dragged out kicking and screaming, he got tore apart by nearly every MP in PMQs and the liaison commitee (which is really saying something cause they normally aren't this pushy or aggresive) and he still just isn't having any of it.

I feel like this scene from Courage the Cowardly Dog is an apt metaphor for this shit show right now.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lar0fNuBA1U

 

[KokoroKoroki]

Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart has just handed in his resignation.

 

[Stabmaster Arson]

Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart has just handed in his resignation.
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He's working late.

 

[Johan Schmidt]

Fucking hell, at this rate I might apply for a government position, just to see if they'll let me in. Could be a fun laugh.

Also, good. The cons have literally no mandate, they were elected on the promise of low taxes, low immigration, and low cost of living. Now we have the highest immigration in history, the highest taxes since the second world war, and a cost of living that's blowing up so fast you can track it week by week. Fuck this government.

 

[whothefuck]

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i heard that in his voice as well. boris waffle is a brain parasite, and soon he'll be my monologue

 

[Coccxys]

I guess he's daring them to trigger a vote of no confidence. The tories can't risk the possibility of an election right now.

Would certainly be an interesting mess, I for one welcome our total collapse into anarchy.

Boris could hang on as party leader though so cons would have to tank their party, put loads of colleagues out of jobs, and surrender government to get Boris out of number 10.

Current polling suggests a Labour 22 seat majority but polls suck and 22 isn't a safe margin by any means.



Guess we just have to be relieved as fuck it won't be Corbyn. Now to pray Kier isn't replaced by Jess.

Pity any alternatives blew their loads too early and left us with absolutely zero options except the usual red vs blue.

Here's the full list of resignations over the last 24 hours:

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Okay, so why would Tory leadership have a problem with him?

He got caught.
Also he is Tory leadership.

In further news, Priti Patel is gearing up to send Boris to Rwanda.

They could justify the policy for the next 100 years if they did that and not just to illegal immigrants. Imagine every single rapist being shipped out there and never allowed back in. You could even finance it by recording the whole thing as a new reality TV show.

 

[Coccxys]

Ed Argar has just gone



Suella throws hat in ring as next leader/PM

 

[Ly Erg]

Would certainly be an interesting mess, I for one welcome our total collapse into anarchy.

Boris could hang on as party leader though so cons would have to tank their party, put loads of colleagues out of jobs, and surrender government to get Boris out of number 10.

Current polling suggests a Labour 22 seat majority but polls suck and 22 isn't a safe margin by any means.

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Guess we just have to be relieved as fuck it won't be Corbyn. Now to pray Kier isn't replaced by Jess.

Pity any alternatives blew their loads too early and left us with absolutely zero options except the usual red vs blue.

22 seats may be lower than expected but it's a majority none the less if no one is going to back the Tories and the only party that can only back them are the Lib Dems who I imagine are not as keen as before on doing so. I feel like they would back Labour more if it ends up in a hung parliament due to Corbyn not being a factor anymore.

 

[Spunt]

This is a fucking farce. The country is submerged by really serious problems and this is the standard of government we get? Absolute clownshoes. Not that Labour governments are any better, who remembers Gordon Brown?

The only consolation I have is that I hated Boris before it was cool. The man was always a power-crazed, unprincipled serial liar and anyone who didn't see through his "bumbling idiot" routine ought to be fucking ashamed of themselves. The man lost four journalism jobs for lying, making up stories and plagarism and always got bailed out by his old Eton mates and failed into another job. Plus there was that time he was caught trying to hire thugs to beat up another journalist he had beef with. Boris is, and always has been, complete fucking scum.

At least when he does go that ludicrous pantaloon Jacob Rees-Mogg will sink with him.

 

[Coccxys]

This is a fucking farce. The country is submerged by really serious problems and this is the standard of government we get? Absolute clownshoes. Not that Labour governments are any better, who remembers Gordon Brown?

This is the problem though, who from any of the major parties would you trust at the helm especially in the current crisis (hell who from the entire house of commons)? I can't think of any.

 

[whothefuck]

so... does it look like the tories might get booted? how would a general election even be called- god knows the conservatives dont want to do it, but at the same time they want boris gone. and i hope we dont get another May

 

[CWCissey]

This is the problem though, who from any of the major parties would you trust at the helm especially in the current crisis (hell who from the entire house of commons)? I can't think of any.

The Monster Raving Loony Party clearly.

 

[Spunt]

This is the problem though, who from any of the major parties would you trust at the helm especially in the current crisis (hell who from the entire house of commons)? I can't think of any.

I think at this point our best shot is to dig up Maggie Thatcher's corpse and strap it to the top of Canary Wharf in the hope it gets struck by lightning.

 

[Coccxys]

so... does it look like the tories might get booted? how would a general election even be called- god knows the conservatives dont want to do it, but at the same time they want boris gone. all in all i hope we dont get another May

Well either they successfully get rid of Boris as leader and the new leader becomes PM for the rest of the term. Or they call a vote of no confidence in the commons, if they get a supermajority then a GE gets called if not then Boris stays.

Similar to when they tried to get rid of May they called the party no confidence vote too early and lost which stops them calling another vote for a year.

As I posted further up polling shows a Labour 22 seat majority which is pretty close to inconclusive.

Another MP calling for Boris to go


At this point many are just seeing the way the political wind is blowing and hoping not to go down with the ship.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

This is the problem though, who from any of the major parties would you trust at the helm especially in the current crisis (hell who from the entire house of commons)? I can't think of any.

Farage. Because we can’t borrow Trump.

 

[Shig O'nella]

I really want to know what he said to piss Boris off. I can't wait till they all start talking about what was truly happing behind closed doors.

They've hated each other since 3rd Form.

The Eye did a longish article on the pair of them plus Cameron back around 2009.

 

[teriyakiburns]

The only consolation I have is that I hated Boris before it was cool.

You and me both, man.

Farage. Because we can’t borrow Trump.

Fuck no. He's just Boris with a better haircut. He turned UKIP from a real, non-partisan independence party, into a promotional platform for his own ego, then dropped it the moment it became a liability for his personal brand. Farage did as much to set back independence as any remainer, with his half-baked bullshit and inability to countenance ideas that weren't from his own head. He can suck my dick and enjoy it. Fucking twat.

 

[Coccxys]

Hancock says Boris should go

 

[Cyclonus]

I like that the British politicians haven't descended to the level of the Americans, where everybody is afraid to criticise their own side in case they give ammunition to the enemy. No, britbong politicians freely and openly despise the leaders of their own parties.