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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.

 

[Coccxys]

Stop importing the 3rd world, and we wouldn't have these problems.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Remember that the AI for the job will be chosen by and trained on the work of existing civil servants, of the options brought to them by people like Blair.

I stand by even the most retarded AI being better.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

Well he looks doomed also ffs Angela

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Nothing but "Tories, Tories, Tories." Fuck off. You shit a ludicrous amount into the deficit day one in the job paying off your scummy buddies.

Reeves promises the British people that they wont let a government play "fast and lose" with finances and they won't hide the truth of the finances.

Your party hides the truth of their own finances, never mind anything else.

Edit - Brexit, take a shot. What's the betting Covid's lockdown impacts that Labour wanted more of will not be mentioned?

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

Get to the point you bint.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Your party hides the truth of their own finances, never mind anything else.

Heck they are in scandals almost weekly of every aspect of them being funded by ‘gifts’

Honestly with whole being gifted a suit thing it feels very 2017 Sargon.

Someone ask Two Tier if he would rape Jess zphilips. I need to know.

 

[Coccxys]

A lot of hands outs, next up for the tax section...

Those employer NI changes will reduce employment and salary growth.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

David Goldstone gets a new cushy job. Must have a history of success right?

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rishi-sunak-mp-uk-parliament-david-goldstone-bonus/

LONDON – MPs hit out at a £168,000 bonus for one of the key figures working on a stalled plan to fix the U.K.’s crumbling parliamentary estate.
David Goldstone, CEO of the Restoration & Renewal delivery authority tasked with developing options for refurbishing the Palace of Westminster, received the sum on top of his £311,000 salary last year, according to the body’s annual report.
Six other executives from the authority received bonuses ranging between £45,000 and £86,000.
But MPs from the cross-party public accounts committee expressed “surprise” at the award “given the slow pace of the program” as they wrote to Goldstone and other senior officials to request an update on restoration.
Chairwoman Meg Hillier called it “staggering that so many questions remain unanswered” six years after MPs voted for a major restoration initiative.
Plans for a massive refurbishment known as “R&R” have been plagued by a series of setbacks and delays since MPs first approved proposals to temporarily vacate, or “decant”, the building while essential works were carried out.
Much of the historic palace dates back to the 19th century — although parts are considerably older — yet it has not been properly refurbished since before World War II. The National Audit Office and other expert bodies warn the risks posed by fire and falling masonry are growing.
For the past year the R&R delivery authority has been working on two main options for refurbishment, which will ultimately be decided by MPs and peers: “full decant” versus some form of “continued presence” on the parliamentary estate.
Hillier asked whether the parliamentary authorities are upholding their obligations under the law to keep people safe, after POLITICO revealed last week that MPs are looking at a third option of “patch and mend” in the much-delayed quest to refurbish the Palace.
The estimated cost of a full decant has risen from £4 billion, when MPs first voted for it, to around £11 billion — a price tag many MPs feel cannot be justified amid mounting U.K. living costs. Estimates for the cost of refurbishment if lawmakers stay in place while works are carried out are even higher, and the plan would take considerably longer.
A spokesperson for the delivery authority said “All elements of pay and remuneration are set through rigorous benchmarking against other organizations delivering large-scale projects,” and are “designed to attract the highly expert people needed to design and deliver a program of this magnitude, complexity, and profile.”
They added that “those who did receive bonuses were assessed… to have delivered in accordance with a range of performance objectives and targets.”

Those on benefits not having to pay off their debts as much

Reeves announces a new fair repayment rate that will reduce the level of debt repayments that can be taken from a household’s Universal Credit payment each month, reducing it from 25% to 15% of their standard allowance.

Says this will help 1.2 million of the poorest households, who will be able to keep more of their award each month.

Define "working." Your original claim was those would not go up at all.

Reeves says she will not increase National Insurance, VAT and income tax for working people.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Looks like we're getting slamfucked budgetwise. Joy.

 

[Coccxys]

So anything other than living in your bughive and having bread and water is about to be taxed into oblivion.

 

[I am the Muffin Maker]

Looks like we're getting slamfucked budgetwise. Joy.

I saw some of this on the BBC news this morning. Their first comment was how IT IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BRING THE BUDGET IN BLAH BLAH BALH.

Yea, because that's what matters when people can't afford to heat their homes. The entire PMC needs to be destroyed.

 

[Coccxys]

I saw some of this on the BBC news this morning. Their first comment was how IT IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BRING THE BUDGET IN BLAH BLAH BALH.

Oh don't worry, she started off the budget patting herself on the back about that.

 

[starborn427614]

People losing weight is a good thing, but this feels very dystopian.

 

[Coccxys]

Holy fuck, no extension of the income tax bracket freeze. They did something right.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

He knows he is so fucked, Reeves pulled a power move and he knows he is going to take the brunt.

 

[AssignedEva]

A lot of hands outs, next up for the tax section...

Those employer NI changes will reduce employment and salary growth.

Not just the raise but the threshold change (taxed on earnings over £9100 -> taxed on earnings over £5000).
If you run the figures this isn't so much a 1.2% increase (13.8% to 15%) but practically works out as more like a 3% increase. The increase employment allowance might (slightly) lessen the blow to some of the smaller businesses, but doesn't help anyone with NI liabilities over £100k.

Or in plain English: it's probably going to cost your employer an extra grand a year to just keep you on your current salary.

 

[Coccxys]

Here we go with the book cooking.

 

[A-Logato]

Ok so what's the damage? Has Labour destroyed the country for the forth time this week?

 

[Coccxys]

Ok so what's the damage? Has Labour destroyed the country for the forth time this week?

It's less bad than was rumoured but some parts still feel like they'll have significant negative knock on effects.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Or in plain English: it's probably going to cost your employer an extra grand a year to just keep you on your current salary.

Given you mentioned the possibility of not being able to keep someone on that bit did catch my attention.