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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.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Unsurprising.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67423745

Informative, and unfortunate. Heh, sand. Looks like the race will be on to find a "safe" overseas location for them. Australia might do; it's mostly empty. Or maybe the pitcairn islands.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Informative, and unfortunate. Heh, sand. Looks like the race will be on to find a "safe" overseas location for them. Australia might do; it's mostly empty. Or maybe the pitcairn islands.

I was thinking America. Biden's likely to be in a good mood when he wins next year.

 

[Clem Fandango]

Australia used Christmas Island as their offshore migrant processing facility. Surely we have a similar remote island that we can build a "facility" on? Seems easier and cheaper than doing a deal with a foreign country to me. Also wouldn't allow the court to claim that another UK territory is "unsafe".

 

[teriyakiburns]

Australia used Christmas Island as their offshore migrant processing facility. Surely we have a similar remote island that we can build a "facility" on? Seems easier and cheaper than doing a deal with a foreign country to me. Also wouldn't allow the court to claim that another UK territory is "unsafe".

They will unironically complain that sending so many immigrants to the islands would overwhelm local resources and threaten the stability and cohesion of the existing culture and environment.

The British Indian Ocean Territory would be ideal. Remote, already set aside for national defence requirements, and mostly uninhabited.

 

[AnOminous]

Him and Hess could have sorted it.
Explain about the slaughter of Germans in poland, their response and keep the peace.

Sort of like the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact? That sure worked.

 

[Coolio55]

Australia used Christmas Island as their offshore migrant processing facility. Surely we have a similar remote island that we can build a "facility" on? Seems easier and cheaper than doing a deal with a foreign country to me. Also wouldn't allow the court to claim that another UK territory is "unsafe".

There's a serious problem with that plan. It might actually work.
Also something something human rights how dare you isolate them from society waah waah.

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

They will unironically complain that sending so many immigrants to the islands would overwhelm local resources and threaten the stability and cohesion of the existing culture and environment.

The British Indian Ocean Territory would be ideal. Remote, already set aside for national defence requirements, and mostly uninhabited.

St. Helena? We can put them up in Napoleon's old gaff.

 

[Goodbye Horses]

Australia used Christmas Island as their offshore migrant processing facility. Surely we have a similar remote island that we can build a "facility" on? Seems easier and cheaper than doing a deal with a foreign country to me. Also wouldn't allow the court to claim that another UK territory is "unsafe".

Well the Channel Islands don't have any human inhabitants...

 

[El Gordo Ramsay Sex Dwarf]

Put them on Gruinard Island and have them start digging things.

 

[East_Clintwood]

Surely we have a similar remote island that we can build a "facility" on? Seems easier and cheaper than doing a deal with a foreign country to me.

Sure we could, but it wouldn't work the way the Rwanda deal was supposed to. If we started shipping them off to Ascension Island or whatever for processing, the outcome wouldn't be any different than if we were processing them on the British mainland. Either they get accepted as refugees in the UK, or not (and given how cucked the overall system is, accepted is more likely). Under the Rwanda system however they weren't applying for refugee status in the UK, in fact they were legally barred from doing so. Instead they could apply for refugee status in Rwanda, apply in another country, or fuck off back home.

Also it's a day ending in -y so you know what that means, it's time for Labour to shit the bed again:

https://archive.is/N4FFj

Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a major rebellion over his stance on the Israel-Gaza war, with 56 of his MPs voting for an immediate ceasefire.

That's over a quarter of all his MPs defying the whip, including 8 members of the shadow cabinet and 2 parliamentary private secretaries. Lol. LMAO even.

 

[Snekposter]

That's over a quarter of all his MPs defying the whip, including 8 members of the shadow cabinet and 2 parliamentary private secretaries. Lol. LMAO even.

What whip? Starmer's so useless he basically just waves a hand at something that's vaguely whip-like whenever he tries to get his party to actually do anything. I'd quote Futurama about the guy but somehow he makes the Neutralians look like a bold and decisive people.

 

[Point 707]

Never forget what they took from you.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

You're giving Cameron "credit" for Brexit when he campaigned for Remain, you daft cunt.

Also, no it didn't "arise" out a spat between him and the EU. The Brexit referendum was offered to placate the right wing of the Tory party and to neutralise UKIP/Brexit party. If he had got the Remain vote that, again, he campaigned for, then leaving the EU would have been off the table for a generation, the proles having "had their say" and Cameron would have been very happy about that.

Brexit absolutely kicked off because the EU were demanding more money. The other wings of politics split by arguing whether or not they should pay the money in full, in part or not at all. The argument put Farage, who had wanted to leave the EU for decades, front and centre.

I don't give two fucks what Cameron and his fag posh pals said in public - seems as he was known as a slimy lying fucker like, the photo-op with having a pint in a pub talking about footy - which backfired, or the airbrushed billboards of him looking like a greasy nonce.

If you swallow the load that the media shovel down you and take everything on face value, and worse, believe all politicians, then that's on you. Read between the lines and see what's really going on. Like Truss getting ousted; the media said she dun goofed, in reality she pissed off the EU and US by aiming to make the UK more independent.

 

[Amin Yasister]

So if Stamer publicly backed a ceasefire, would there be one?

Would there fuck.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

That's over a quarter of all his MPs defying the whip, including 8 members of the shadow cabinet and 2 parliamentary private secretaries. Lol. LMAO even.

I honestly think Rishi's latest moves are him trying to ensure a loss. Bringing back Cameron is the quickest way of saying "fuck everyone who voted for Brexit" to say nothing of the fact that even in the short memory of the average voter he is infamous as a politician who breaks his promises.

Even with Labour's infighting they're still going to claim victory. Unless the Greens suddenly skew hard pro-Palestine in which case they might claim some key areas and force Labour into a bare second place as the Tories are forced into power with something like a 20% vote share.

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

Brexit absolutely kicked off because the EU were demanding more money. The other wings of politics split by arguing whether or not they should pay the money in full, in part or not at all. The argument put Farage, who had wanted to leave the EU for decades, front and centre.

I think you're misremembering there. The cost argument only really kicked off once The Bus came into play, which was after the referendum campaign had started. The last real argument about the cost was to do with the rebate, which was a decade earlier.
Cost didn't play any part of Cameron's ill-fated "renegotiation", which was about things like benefits for immigrants.

 

[Coccxys]

At least Jess fucked back off as a result of this.

Of course Starmer put his support behind some mealymouthed fence sitting motion instead.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

Well if the hubbub is true there is going to be a vote of confidence in January and the most likely candidate the radicals will select as their "champion" is fucking Priti Patel. We are really scraping the bottom of the political pile. They cannot champion Braverman as she is too weak and the radicals only govern about 115 seats out of 300ish. Patel basically as she is a Boris backer and the radical faction has this fetish of reinstating Truss but it won't happen. Patel allegedly behind closed doors is just as vile as Braverman and Lidl Trump, so there's that.

Personally, I would have thought Penny Mordaunt, she does not actually seem insane. The next 2 months before January are going to be full of infighting and not actual work getting done. This will continue too as the public has soured on Starmer completely and I cannot see even a coalition getting in.

I studied UK political history and I honestly think 15-20 years on this is going to be regarded as a political Dark Age. It's nothing but a bunch of oligarchs screaming at each other like retards whilst everything detonates around them.

If another leader contest is called they will delay the general til autumn 2024 or even possibly 2025 which they can do as there is nothing written to raise it. It could be 20 fucking years of a government that at first seemed rational but declined so quickly. May was the last good leader and the poor bitch had it forced upon her which sabotaged anything she wanted to do anyway. The current conservative government is not even conservative but absolutely fucking mental. They spam culture war issues like it is a constant threat but if you have nothing to stand on then does it matter?

Fuck I am glad I am emigrating after my studies, I can honestly see no good leader currently.

 

[COMMI3 MARK]

Cameron promised the EU Referendum hoping to scoop up UKIP votes while expecting another coalition government where he could say "oh the lib dems will only collaborate with us if we drop the referendum"

 

[Fareal]

You're giving Cameron "credit" for Brexit when he campaigned for Remain, you daft cunt.

Also, no it didn't "arise" out a spat between him and the EU. The Brexit referendum was offered to placate the right wing of the Tory party and to neutralise UKIP/Brexit party. If he had got the Remain vote that, again, he campaigned for, then leaving the EU would have been off the table for a generation, the proles having "had their say" and Cameron would have been very happy about that.

You have to remember what the pre election polling (but not John Curtice, known warlock) was predicting at that time as well. It was strongly pointing towards another Tory/LibDem collation, which Cameron and Clegg had found quite cosy and would have been content to continue.

”lol lets ask plebs about Europe” was in the Tory manifesto not just for the true blue swivel-eyed battalions, but also because the ‘coalition negotiations’ had to have some sort of paper sacrifice in them that the Tories could be seen to give up to the LibDems in return for their support. The Brexit referendum was so obviously that sacrifice that you could see that from space.

And then Cameron won an outright majority.

And had committed the party to asking a nation with a mode IQ below a hundred about the effects and consequences of withdrawing from a political and trading bloc that it was apparent even then the majority of them did not understand the operation of.

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