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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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spread happiness@p4leandp1nk
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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.

 

[FedPostalService]

Anyone else remember when delivering take aways was how an old dude with a car earnt a bit of extra cash rather than boat monkeys on bicycles choking up high streets?

 

[Quintex96]

My theory: Scotland is a small and irrelevant country attached to a much more relevant and influential one (England) and a far more influential bloc (EU, still is really, bear with me.)
If you want to shoehorn a law that’s insane through, you’re going to have a much easier time corrupting a small country. We know that Whitehall, while pozzed, still has some pockets of sanity and resistance. So you target Scotland instead. You do this by positioning yourself in opposition to the oppressor (England.)
‘Look they don’t want this, let’s stick two fingers up to them and show them how progressive we are! ‘ objection can be opposed with ‘you are just like the English.’
The law passes
Now you have a precedent. And now the tactic changes. Now the media starts astroturfing stuff like, ‘needing to align with the laws that far more progressive places like Scotland have been doing forever.’
You corrupt one little place and then you insist everyone else catch up with them.
Malta was another early adopter.
And that’s why it’s always Scotland

Interesting perspective. I always just assumed that trannies flocked to Scotland because 'A man in a dress' was the Scottish stereotype so they figured they would be more accepted there.

 

[isalaide]

My theory: Scotland is a small and irrelevant country attached to a much more relevant and influential one (England) and a far more influential bloc (EU, still is really, bear with me.)
If you want to shoehorn a law that’s insane through, you’re going to have a much easier time corrupting a small country. We know that Whitehall, while pozzed, still has some pockets of sanity and resistance. So you target Scotland instead. You do this by positioning yourself in opposition to the oppressor (England.)
‘Look they don’t want this, let’s stick two fingers up to them and show them how progressive we are! ‘ objection can be opposed with ‘you are just like the English.’
The law passes
Now you have a precedent. And now the tactic changes. Now the media starts astroturfing stuff like, ‘needing to align with the laws that far more progressive places like Scotland have been doing forever.’
You corrupt one little place and then you insist everyone else catch up with them.
Malta was another early adopter.
And that’s why it’s always Scotland

Spot on. There is a small but convincing body of research/journalism (this thing kinda straddles the line) which outlines how small jurisdictions with easy access to media are specifically targeted by pressure groups for exactly this sort of astroturfed change. Scotland, Malta and New Zealand are the countries always brought up in this context.

It is acknowledged that this is why there has been a sudden explosion in astroturfed 'pro life' protest groups in Scotland, running off American money. They have seen it work (...almost?) for the trannies and now they think they can make it work here. The fact abortion is a reserved matter is going to be a fairly impassable hill though.

 

[Mao Hao Hao]

Anyone else remember when delivering take aways was how an old dude with a car earnt a bit of extra cash rather than boat monkeys on bicycles choking up high streets?

I've managed to find a few local takeaways (the Chinese, the chippie, and this really nice pizza place) which still have white drivers/delivery people. The Chinese is a guy and his wife, and the chippie has sometimes been a dad with his kid, which is odd but I guess beats random black man who can't find your house very well so parks mid-way off the path and stands in the middle of the road to try and find it.
I also remember a time a while back when I actually had an Eastern European guy deliver my stuff via JustEat, I was shocked. He even waited extra for me as they forgot my order or something, so were late in making it, but he didn't give up and cancel like most of the ethnic lot do, and gave me regular updates. He got a great tip that day, hope he's still doing okay now.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Farmer-harmer compares himself to Churchill and Atlee.

We going to war, boys.

Sir Keir insisted it is "deeply in our self-interest" to support Ukraine against Russian president Vladimir Putin because "the future of freedom in Europe is being decided today".

The UK is now "determined to fight harder on the world stage for our national interests and ready to dig deeper to defend them", he said, because a win for Putin would damage "our own security, stability and prosperity".

"So we must continue to back Ukraine and do what it takes to support their self-defence for as long as it takes," he said.

We must support their self-defence? Hmm. Not quite sure you know what self-defence is, you beady-eyed retard.

_________________________

New jag concept has dropped:

Of foucking course it would be gayer than Liberace and pink

Gay japanese transformer/fag-coffin for one.

 

[Florence]

My theory: Scotland is a small and irrelevant country attached to a much more relevant and influential one (England) and a far more influential bloc (EU, still is really, bear with me.)
If you want to shoehorn a law that’s insane through, you’re going to have a much easier time corrupting a small country. We know that Whitehall, while pozzed, still has some pockets of sanity and resistance. So you target Scotland instead. You do this by positioning yourself in opposition to the oppressor (England.)
‘Look they don’t want this, let’s stick two fingers up to them and show them how progressive we are! ‘ objection can be opposed with ‘you are just like the English.’
The law passes
Now you have a precedent. And now the tactic changes. Now the media starts astroturfing stuff like, ‘needing to align with the laws that far more progressive places like Scotland have been doing forever.’
You corrupt one little place and then you insist everyone else catch up with them.
Malta was another early adopter.
And that’s why it’s always Scotland

See also: Canada.

New jag concept has dropped:

Of foucking course it would be gayer than Liberace and pink

Gay japanese transformer/fag-coffin for one.

Lady Penelope called, she wants FAB 1 back.

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

New jag concept has dropped:

Of foucking course it would be gayer than Liberace and pink

Gay japanese transformer/fag-coffin for one.

Looks like an Audi, when really it’s a Faguar.

 

[Otterly]

New jag concept has dropped:

That’s so incredibly ugly. It looks like some sort of joke cartoon. And pink.
Cars?

 

[LaVieKL]

That’s so incredibly ugly. It looks like some sort of joke cartoon. And pink.
Cars?

Comes in "Miami Pink" or "London Blue" apparently.
Pure faggotry

 

[teriyakiburns]

New jag concept has dropped:

Of foucking course it would be gayer than Liberace and pink

Looks like they've mashed together a bunch of elements from older, more successful Jaguar designs without understanding why any particular part worked, and then hit the smooth and sharpen buttons a few times, then slapped some grills on it.

Interior by IKEA™.

Jaguar died under Ford's ownership. It's been a shambling corpse ever since, and only got worse under Tata, who turned it from a sleek, speedy predator to Crumbs the Jaguar.

 

[FedPostalService]

Farmer-harmer compares himself to Churchill and Atlee.

We going to war, boys.



We must support their self-defence? Hmm. Not quite sure you know what self-defence is, you beady-eyed retard.

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New jag concept has dropped:

Of foucking course it would be gayer than Liberace and pink

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Gay japanese transformer/fag-coffin for one.

It looks like a car you’d be gifted in a Cyberpunk 2077 mod if that mod had a competition for sucking Claire’s girl dick.

 

[Overly Serious]

Farmer-harmer compares himself to Churchill and Atlee.

We going to war, boys.



We must support their self-defence? Hmm. Not quite sure you know what self-defence is, you beady-eyed retard.

_________________________

New jag concept has dropped:

Of foucking course it would be gayer than Liberace and pink

View attachment 6708596

View attachment 6708603
Gay japanese transformer/fag-coffin for one.

Funnily enough, I could totally see Paris Hilton or Belle Delphine climbing out of it, or whoever the It girls of the day are this year. Whoever drives this vehicle I would expect to be comprised primarily of silicon, collagen and peroxide; wear a skirt no longer than 5" and call her boyfriend(s) daddy reflexively.

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

My theory: Scotland is a small and irrelevant country attached to a much more relevant and influential one (England) and a far more influential bloc (EU, still is really, bear with me.)
If you want to shoehorn a law that’s insane through, you’re going to have a much easier time corrupting a small country. We know that Whitehall, while pozzed, still has some pockets of sanity and resistance. So you target Scotland instead. You do this by positioning yourself in opposition to the oppressor (England.)
‘Look they don’t want this, let’s stick two fingers up to them and show them how progressive we are! ‘ objection can be opposed with ‘you are just like the English.’
The law passes
Now you have a precedent. And now the tactic changes. Now the media starts astroturfing stuff like, ‘needing to align with the laws that far more progressive places like Scotland have been doing forever.’
You corrupt one little place and then you insist everyone else catch up with them.
Malta was another early adopter.
And that’s why it’s always Scotland

Spot on. There is a small but convincing body of research/journalism (this thing kinda straddles the line) which outlines how small jurisdictions with easy access to media are specifically targeted by pressure groups for exactly this sort of astroturfed change. Scotland, Malta and New Zealand are the countries always brought up in this context.

It is acknowledged that this is why there has been a sudden explosion in astroturfed 'pro life' protest groups in Scotland, running off American money. They have seen it work (...almost?) for the trannies and now they think they can make it work here. The fact abortion is a reserved matter is going to be a fairly impassable hill though.

And then, presumably, because Scotland is part of the UK, they can weasel word it and say, "They've accepted X in the UK..."

When really only Scotland has accepted X, and England, Wales and Northern Ireland are not too keen, but because Scotland counts as being 'in the UK', the statement is technically correct.

Devious fuckers.

 

[FedPostalService]

Wales

Wales is even more cucked than Scotland because even the Welsh have given up caring about Wales.

 

[anklyscr]

It looks like a car you’d be gifted in a Cyberpunk 2077 mod if that mod had a competition for sucking Claire’s girl dick.

fuck that is a stupid addition to the story. Claire has no troonery , no mannish features but the only thing that makes him a dude is a tiny bit of flavour text in a bio some where.
now on the one hand I kinda like the half arsed pandering to the nutters , on the other hand it had been picked up by the nutters and it seems so forced by them.

 

[InteracialBowelSyndrome]

Thank god all the newer posts were delated or else everyone would have found out that I'm actually Irish

Bless you for coming out in public

 

[Otterly]

Comes in "Miami Pink" or "London Blue" apparently.
Pure faggotry

Look how low to the floor it is. First pothole you hit is taking the entire front outer panels off. I’ve seen better designed Barbie cars.
saudi playboys are not adding this to the stable of fast cars are they? Neither are rich tech bros, and certainly not the quintessential English gentleman inspector morse types. So who is it aimed at?

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

fuck that is a stupid addition to the story. Claire has no troonery , no mannish features but the only thing that makes him a dude is a tiny bit of flavour text in a bio some where.

To be fair, this is lore-accurate in a world with perfect sex changes.

 

[FedPostalService]

fuck that is a stupid addition to the story. Claire has no troonery , no mannish features but the only thing that makes him a dude is a tiny bit of flavour text in a bio some where.
now on the one hand I kinda like the half arsed pandering to the nutters , on the other hand it had been picked up by the nutters and it seems so forced by them.

There’s a Troon flag on his car and the story of is missions is avenging the dead boyfriend who helped him transition.

You really need to check the hand size of e-girls, my good friend.

 

[close]

2035: you really must die if you’re [...] autistic

Can we bump that up to 2025? I'm very much bored with consciousness.

I don’t see why Clarkston is evil or whatever for pursuing his own interests with the inheritance tax.

Because I do not have enough money to need to care about these sorts of things, so they are evil devices for the rich(er than me).

saudi playboys are not adding this to the stable of fast cars are they? Neither are rich tech bros, and certainly not the quintessential English gentleman inspector morse types. So who is it aimed at?

My cope is that it's just flashy looking to get some headlines and discussion but they'll never send it to a factory.