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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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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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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.
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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.
 
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AssignedEva said:
I found the tribunal document. Here's a timeline:
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I have a family member who works in care and she tells me all the Nigerian women eat anything left in the office cupboards and also try to take from the people they're caring for. The manager had to put out statement to "everyone" to warn them not to do that.

The Lib Dem leader is on stage accusing Trump of betraying Europe, the UK and Ukraine and jacking off the Prime Minister.
 
>IMPLYING said:
The TLDR of what I'm saying is: CivNat rhetoric can undercut your entire position and makes you look weak on what is a very serious issue. It is simply not possible to integrate the millions of non-natives already here to get them to the level of a model minority Sikh.
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People just refuse to comprehend that different peoples WILL operate in their own self-interest to the detriment of the majority no matter who those people are or from (except Whites/Euros :( )
 
AssignedEva said:
Her manager now no longer keeps a birthday list or wishes anyone happy birthday unless they specifically tell him that they will be comfortable with that
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Wow. What a tale! I mean I'm not there so I can't speak to whether or not any of it is true tbh but the volume of it and the snippets of what she actually said sounds like someone on Victimhood Crusade.

And IME, the typical public sector worker or civil servant would rather gnaw off their own arm than have someone call them racist.
 
BrightonAndHoveAlbion said:
Why do people still think along these lines ? What about we just have none at all instead of 'oh mr singh from the paki shop is alright let's import millions'. Canada has a massive Sikh population and look how that's worked out for them. You have to start from zero and work your way down to even begin to fix the mess of multi culti.
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I hear you, fren. I do. And Canada does have those inter faith group arguments play out on their turf. And the Aussies have to deal with it too.

I hope we're not talking at cross purposes. We probably both agree that mass migration has failed.
I just don't believe that zero immigration is realistic.
Some Brits will move abroad because it's sunnier, cheaper or offers better opportunities. We'll end up with a few foreigners in return. It just is.
We may disagree on whether a certain number is neutral or harmful. So far, the turbans have shown themselves to be a benign influence. Okay for us, even. And that's a good model for other (sensible number of) immigrants to emulate.

Mate, I agree that a million sikhs per year being dropped in cheaper cities and living separate lives at our expense would be shit.
Several decades later, and those guys have never caused a problem. And they haven't been coming across in crazy numbers after all this time. (Not yet, anyway...)

Everyone has to simp for someone. I choose sikhs. Partly because of their weird yet jazzy hats. Partly because they tend to act normal.
No, I wouldn't want infinity sikhs either.
 
Quintex96 said:
Here's a better way, ask any religious person this queastion. "God has made himself a mortal human on earth, what race is he?" any answers other than white get you put up against the wall.
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1 - He did
2 - He was born a Jew in Bethlehem, in accordance with scripture which said he would be born of the line of King David

This "He was white" shit makes you sound like a Mormon and all of them are literally fucking retarded
 
isalaide said:
1 - He did
2 - He was born a Jew in Bethlehem, in accordance with scripture which said he would be born of the line of King David

This "He was white" shit makes you sound like a Mormon and all of them are literally fucking retarded
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There was a massive wave of Jewish proselytisation around 900AD-1100AD where a lot of modern "Jews" come from, i.e. converts. A modern Ashkenazi jew is largely Western European. Jesus predates that by a thousand years. Lord knows what Jesus looked like (if you'll pardon the figure of speech in this context) but probably sort of Palestinian; who are usually quite light-skinned.
 
Tzeentch said:
You know things are beyond fucked when even redditors are complaining about the politically correct indoctrination.

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The headaches [sic] later added: "We are exploring alternative ways to celebrate the season in future years, that will be inclusive of all children and reflect the rich cultural diversity of our community."
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Even stranger, it seems to be a mostly Christian/British area.

Census data: Religion / National Identity

Guntsress Of Diabeteeze said:
The head teacher in question of this “decision”

> Ms Steph Mander
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Can I say "Never trust a 'Ms'" yet? It seems to be the "new" blue hair, nose ring, etc.
 
Will there ever be any positivity in this thread? Can we make a trend of having only positive news? For at least, one day? Or is that far-fetched?
 
Otterly said:
If you can find some positive news, do post it.
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Ofcom dropped even more cases against GB News after losing some on appeal. Of course that is tempered by the fact that they're now investigating them for saying the LGBTQ community includes pedos.
Ofcom has dropped all of its remaining impartiality investigations into politicians' TV and radio programmes, following a High Court decision to overturn the media regulator's past rulings against Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg's GB News show.
Last month, a judge decided that Ofcom had unlawfully ruled that Sir Jacob's programme had broken its impartiality code.
Ofcom has now discontinued the remaining six investigations into possible breaches of rules prohibiting politicians from presenting news programmes.
It has dropped probes into Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on GB News, Foreign Secretary David Lammy on LBC, and Conservative former minister Jake Berry on TalkTV and Local TV.
It has also discontinued investigations into a show hosted by former Brexit Party MEP Alex Phillips on TalkTV, and another fronted by former Reform UK deputy leader David Bull when he was guest host of Morning Glory on the same channel.
Last week, Ofcom also withdrew three previous rulings against GB News programmes hosted by Conservative MP Esther McVey and her husband, former MP Philip Davies.

GB News chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos said: "Since the recent landmark High Court ruling finding that Ofcom acted unlawfully, a total of 11 cases against GB News and other UK broadcasters have now either been quashed, unwound or abandoned.
"Following the withdrawal of five breach decisions against GB News, now Ofcom has revealed that it is 'not pursuing' the case against the GB News programme, Farage and five others from other UK broadcasters - another vindication of GB News editorial decision making."
He added that the broadcaster would "vigorously defend the channel and our presenters' freedom of speech rights".
Following the High Court ruling, Ofcom said it would consult on changes to its broadcasting code, which says a politician can't be a newsreader, interviewer or reporter in a news programme "unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified". The current rules say they can, however, front current affairs shows.

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Meanwhile, Ofcom has launched an investigation into comments a GB News presenter made about the LGBT community.
During an episode of Headliners on 22 January, while discussing a sermon given by a US bishop, presenter Josh Howie appeared to suggest the LGBT community included paedophiles.
Howie has since said his programme is a comedy show and his comment was intended as a "joke about paedophilia in the church".
Ofcom said it had received 1,382 complaints directly, while The Good Law Project had gathered 71,851 complaints.
An Ofcom spokesperson said: "We are investigating whether this programme broke our rule which requires that material which may cause offence must be justified by the context."
Mr Frangopoulos said he did "not believe there was a breach of the rules" in the programme.
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Naturally The Good Law Project is involved.
 
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