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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]

the 2 white wronguns

One of those "whites" is actually an albino, called Safraz Miraf.

But yes, these rape gangs are always majority pakistani muslim. They sometimes get a token white or a black dude, but they're a minority.

 

[mofu mofo]

Defending Western Values™

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Cravings got the better of the protesters in Sunderland:

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[Doctor Love]

According to Sunak, it was going to cost the country £10 billion over the next few years.

The rocks are flammable across most of the UK.

Cravings got the better of the protesters in Sunderland:

It has come to the home of the aforementioned swastika man.

 

[FedPostalService]

One of those "whites" is actually an albino, called Safraz Miraf.

But yes, these rape gangs are always majority pakistani muslim. They sometimes get a token white or a black dude, but they're a minority.

There was a token Sikh once in one of those rape gangs. Local Sikhs denounced him and he’s probably getting minecrafted if he tries to go home after he’s released. Why can’t everyone be like that?

 

[3deadniggers]

Defending the West™
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A CRUCIFER, Brent Marriner, who has Down’s syndrome has become an unlikely star on social media, after a Twitter account dedicated to his life went viral.Mr Marriner, who is 27, lives with his foster mother, the Revd Jacqui Tyson, in Sunderland. The pair started the Twitter account — @Being_Brent — several years ago, as a way of giving online updates and pictures of their life together.The account began garnering large numbers of followers last autumn, when a tweet about Mr Marriner collecting the family’s Chinese takeaway by himself went viral. It received more than 10,000 likes and retweets.Ms Tyson, who is an Assistant Curate of Sunderland Minster, explained that she helped Mr Marriner to type messages, and also tweeted in her own voice to “celebrate” his life.“I wanted to show people that I can do lots of things,” Mr Marriner said. “It’s a good life with Down’s syndrome. Mam and family and friends help if I need it. It’s just ordinary.”

I don't think she's all there in the head mate.

It gets worse.

Sunderland Minster officially titled an 'Inclusive Church'​

By Revd Chantal Noppen, Women’s Advocate for Diocese of Durham.
This week I was privileged to attend a service to mark Sunderland Minster joining the Inclusive Church network. For those of you who don’t know, Inclusive Church is a network of churches, groups and individuals uniting together around a shared vision summed up as being: “a church which celebrates and affirms every person and does not discriminate, challenging the church where it continues to discriminate against people on grounds of disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality.

“We believe in a Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ – which is scripturally faithful – which seeks to proclaim the Gospel afresh for each generation and which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ.”

The low-key yet powerful service at Sunderland Minster included representation from many folks who have experienced exclusion for differing reasons, and would identify as people who ‘Inclusive Church’ are directly seeking to welcome and include. The event featured joyous singing, prayers of peace, apology and protest, a stirring sermon from Revd Jacqui Tyson plus a beautiful rendering of the Lord’s Prayer, taken from the New Zealand prayer book.

The Mayor and Mayoress were also in attendance, marking the additional civic significance of this occasion. The full quota of Sunderland Minster clergy was involved in leading the service, colourful stoles being de rigueur.

Speaking to the provost of Sunderland Minster Revd Canon Stuart Bain he said it simply: “it became the case that there was no reason not to join Inclusive Church officially”. As he said, it doesn’t mean they’ve got it all sorted and get it all right all the time, but they are committed to the journey of learning how to better include and welcome all.

Sunderland Minster is not a new church, but it is a church actively embracing contemporary society and the heart of the city of Sunderland. While there may be ‘nothing new under the sun’, there is always more we can be doing to learn about our faith, and new avenues to explore in how we deepen our discipleship both collectively and individually. Positive steps like this will lead to growth in a Christian presence in communities often underrepresented in the church.

Sunderland is an amazing city full of history, tradition and innovation. It is home to ex-miners, shipbuilders, refugees and students alike. In our recent ‘Generosity Week’ it felt especially poignant to have a service celebrating the generosity of heart that encourages such broadening of our welcome and ministry.

It was a proud moment for Revd Jacqui Tyson, the MoSAIC representative for Diocese of Durham and Associate Priest at the Minster. Her work and witness at Sunderland Pride, online and in the heart of Sunderland’s shopping community, has been a transformative ministry that many have valued. Through her unrelenting campaigning for inclusion of all, we are starting to see some real change. As Jacqui said in her sermon: “May we learn to listen to; our disabled siblings, our black siblings, our asylum seeker siblings, our LGBT+ siblings, our siblings who live in poverty that is not chosen. Listen to them. Listen to their stories”.

I hope and pray this is the start of many more churches in our diocese having the courage to fiercely love all God’s children and, out of a commitment to ensure all are welcomed, sign up to the Inclusive Church network. I feel sure it’s what Jesus would do.

She is the poster child for why that place is burning.

 

[whogoesthere]

She is the poster child for why that place is burning.

I loved the bit when the never ending story of white children being raped and murdered, and the Christians prayed. I like that. It helped a lot for them to pray, and say we whites must stand down and let the muslims rape and murder us all, because JEWsus wanted it so. It was cool.

 

[Otterly]

This was posted on the Summer of Discontent thread which got me curious but figured this would be the more appropriate thread for what I've found.

At least one of those young girls was raped with the blunt end of a baseball bat. I don’t know if this was that case.
There was also the Charlene downes case, where she was raped, killed and her body disposed of by being used in kebab meat.
These are organised groups, acting in concert across the country to rape and abuse and kill some of the most vulnerable children in society. When those children or their parents complained, they were ignored, or even arrested and charged.
The rape and grooming of kids goes on in EVERY town in England with a sizeable Pakistani community and has done for twenty plus years. It’s utterly disgraceful. The police and the majority of the social never cared at all. I know one of the social workers involved in another town’s equivalent and it broke her.

 

[3deadniggers]

At least one of those young girls was raped with the blunt end of a baseball bat. I don’t know if this was that case.
There was also the Charlene downes case, where she was raped, killed and her body disposed of by being used in kebab meat.
These are organised groups, acting in concert across the country to rape and abuse and kill some of the most vulnerable children in society. When those children or their parents complained, they were ignored, or even arrested and charged.
The rape and grooming of kids goes on in EVERY town in England with a sizeable Pakistani community and has done for twenty plus years. It’s utterly disgraceful. The police and the majority of the social never cared at all. I know one of the social workers involved in another town’s equivalent and it broke her.

It's constant torture as well. They will take a girl and beat her to a pulp, throw petrol on her and threaten to set her on fire in front of other girls. Demanding they do exactly what they say and entrap other girls they know, especially siblings. I remember a news article describing how they did that to a girl and threatened to do it to her sister if she didn't do what they said. And that's without the way they get them addicted to drugs in the first place. And they do this in the open, 20 year old muslim men in new cars pull up to the school gates and tell the girls to get in. The teachers see and report it and the police do nothing. Even the good police who do try to work against it get told to stand down by their higher ups. The higher ups literally approve of torturing, violently raping and murdering children because if they stop it, it might cause a riot. So well done to them, now they have probably 50 riots going on tonight and more coming. I hope those little girls get the justice they deserve.

 

[popnloch ness monster]

At least one of those young girls was raped with the blunt end of a baseball bat. I don’t know if this was that case.
There was also the Charlene downes case, where she was raped, killed and her body disposed of by being used in kebab meat.
These are organised groups, acting in concert across the country to rape and abuse and kill some of the most vulnerable children in society. When those children or their parents complained, they were ignored, or even arrested and charged.
The rape and grooming of kids goes on in EVERY town in England with a sizeable Pakistani community and has done for twenty plus years. It’s utterly disgraceful. The police and the majority of the social never cared at all. I know one of the social workers involved in another town’s equivalent and it broke her.

chef Mohammed, do it again

 

[Trig.Point]

At least one of those young girls was raped with the blunt end of a baseball bat. I don’t know if this was that case.
There was also the Charlene downes case, where she was raped, killed and her body disposed of by being used in kebab meat.
These are organised groups, acting in concert across the country to rape and abuse and kill some of the most vulnerable children in society. When those children or their parents complained, they were ignored, or even arrested and charged.
The rape and grooming of kids goes on in EVERY town in England with a sizeable Pakistani community and has done for twenty plus years. It’s utterly disgraceful. The police and the majority of the social never cared at all. I know one of the social workers involved in another town’s equivalent and it broke her.

The only two convictions related to that case were Charlenes sister who was charged with 'racially aggravated assault' for attacking one of the men who had been previously charged with murdering Charlene, and Charlenes brother for assaulting one of the men believed to have disposed of her body.

In the 1970's and 80's when the parts of the night time trade, fast food restaurants and certain types of taxis started to be dominated by Pakistani Muslims, it wasn't some sort of vast conspiracy. Pakistani's had large social and family networks that made running a business with tight margins easier. One of the key things they learned though was how to manage the police.

If you run a chippie and there's constantly trouble in front of it, the Police can shut it down, they don't even need to get the council involved. Unless it's Pakistani because they know the Pakistanis will turn up with an actual solicitor, who isn't just milking his client for fees. A solicitor that will aggressively pursue his clients interest,

I remember a copper complaining on twitter that one of the reasons there were no suspects arrested early on in the Rotherham grooming was because every time they approached a Pakistani, it was' talk to my fucking lawyer', who would turn up at the station and cause loads of fucking grief. The police not being able to handle a non tame 'duty' solicitor just stopped pursuing what they knew to be organised mass rape. Something similar happened with local politicians but to be clear, neither did anything illegal it's just the police are lazy and stupid often don't know the law and will fold like a napkin when put under actual pressure.

The CPS isn't much better, although in the case of Charlenes sister they graciously allowed her to plead guilty to actual assault instead of racial assault. Remember that the sister would have had a solicitor in court, who most likely did a bit of theatrics while winking at the judge and prosecutor.

He's controlled opposition and on the ZOG payroll.

Mate you're just the Police's wet dream, an addled fucking fantasist happy to take shots at anyone who's actually doing something. You should work out the pros and cons of finding a rope and a tree.

 

[Snekposter]

Leaf springs are made out of good shit if you wanted to take up swordsmithing as a hobby.

Yup. Spring steel has excellent tensile strength and flexibility, and coincidentally the metals used for alloying to create a steel with those properties also give it excellent hardness and edge-taking.

Man shot in the bum as armed police swarm road​

A man shot in the ass in Netherton? Pull the other one I say, its got bells on it.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

So we are having a few problems ongoing at the moment, what could we possibly do to enflame things further?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7242j738eno

The veteran Labour MP, Diane Abbott, has said she believes the new UK government should call a border poll.
She said it would establish where public opinion lies on both sides of the Irish border.
Ms Abbott, 70, is the longest-serving female MP in the House of Commons, having won a seat in 10 successive general elections since 1987.
She made her remarks about a border poll at an event in west Belfast, as part of the annual festival Féile an Phobail.

Ms Abbott said: “I think it’s very important to have a border poll, not least because it will establish where public opinion lies.
“I’m in favour of a united Ireland but it has to be with the consent of both sides of the border, and a border poll to establish where opinion lies is the first step towards a united Ireland."
The Labour government has indicated that it has no intention of calling a border poll in the near future.
Last month, the new Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said in Belfast that there was “no evidence” that the conditions for holding such a vote had been met.
However, Ms Abbott said, in her opinion, it could it happen this decade.
In an interview with BBC News NI, she said: “It's perfectly possible in the next five years because that’s what politics is like.”
Five weeks before the general election, Ms Abbott was readmitted as one of the party's MPs, after being suspended for saying Jewish, Irish and the Traveller community do not face racism "all their lives".

On Thursday, the trade union leader Mick Lynch spoke at the Féile and talked about his support for a united Ireland.
Mr Lynch, whose parents are Irish, grew up in London and is general secretary of the RMT union.
He said: "I believe in a united Ireland. It was the way I was brought up. But it's got to be by consent, it's got to a real united Ireland where people come together at their pace.
"I don't believe in coercion. I think we have to grow a united Ireland rather than enforce it."
The Féile runs until 11 August

Thanks Diane. Kick that wasp's nest a bit harder would you?

 

[Mr. Smiley Good Fella]

the new Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary

Wait a tick… where’s Clinton?

 

[3deadniggers]

If you run a chippie and there's constantly trouble in front of it, the Police can shut it down, they don't even need to get the council involved. Unless it's Pakistani because they know the Pakistanis will turn up with an actual solicitor, who isn't just milking his client for fees. A solicitor that will aggressively pursue his clients interest,

What utter bullshit. They didn't try to shut down the paki chippies because they knew the pakis would go ballistic and start destroying everything. It has nothing to do with hiring solicitors to make it difficult to execute their plans. It had everything to do with 30 guys turning up with baseball bats and telling the police to fuck off. They used intimidation and violence to force any one taking too big an interest to back down. It's not as popular now as it used to be but they would turn up at your house and slash your car tires. Making it very clear if you did not back down they would be targeting your kids next. I won't go into detail but I've had first hand experience of this growing up and saw it happening to others as well.

The reason they took over taxis is because it doesn't pay very well and it's low skilled work. It's the same every where and has nothing to do with family connections. Low skill, low pay work they can underpay you for and make you work insane hours is exactly why the invaders take it and the natives won't.

 

[6 Years Ago]

I think Starmers response of "We must protect the mosques at all costs" has folk a bit miffed.

Maybe it's reverse psychology and he's signaling that the mosques need go right after the police stations?

 

[Welsh Catgirl Enjoyer]

The situation in Belfast is super interesting right now. Some protest going on about mass migration.

Interestingly though, you're seeing union jacks and tricolour flags being flown together by the protestors, and for once, they're on the same side. The other side is flying a mix of rainbow flags, palestine flags and antifa flags while chanting "who's streets, our streets".

The whole mass migration thing has gotten so fucking ridiculous that now you're actually beginning to unite Ireland over it, even if it is just for a short demonstration.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Yup. Spring steel has excellent tensile strength and flexibility, and coincidentally the metals used for alloying to create a steel with those properties also give it excellent hardness and edge-taking.

Spring steel is pretty good but its not cheap. There are also reasons you wouldn't use spring steel in things like construction- cost, flex, hardness, etc

 

[Snekposter]

The whole mass migration thing has gotten so fucking ridiculous that now you're actually beginning to unite Ireland over it, even if it is just for a short demonstration.

Truly, we are in the end of days.

Spring steel is pretty good but its not cheap. There are also reasons you wouldn't use spring steel in things like construction- cost, flex, hardness, etc

Well, yeah, but for springs and knives its hard to beat. A guy I know online swears by his spring steel pocket knife.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Well, yeah, but for springs and knives its hard to beat. A guy I know online swears by his spring steel pocket knife.

For that it is good. I feel though spring steel is mysticized is all. It's good to make a spring or a blade, that much is true.

 

[Snekposter]

For that it is good. I feel though spring steel is mysticized is all. It's good to make a spring or a blade, that much is true.

Na, I wound up going down a metallurgy rabbit hole one time and I don't make those sorts of mistakes.