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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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Blackadder II was so funny. Perfect in every way. WOOF NURSIE!
I just want leaders who don’t hate us and want to steward the country and its people well. That shouldn’t be controversial should it? The magnitude of the mess we are in makes me furious.
 
Made In Wales said:

Luke Littler (UK Darts Player) threatens boycott as fans turn against him.
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I’ve never understood the obsession Britain has with darts.
Bog-standard Poster said:
Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says - BBC article



Even the BBC aren't trying to hide the fact he's a two-face cunt.
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Sounds like he’s at a point where he can’t defend them any longer. All because of the things folks like JK Rowling brought up.
 
Random Internet Person said:
I’ve never understood the obsession Britain has with darts.
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Darts used to be quality. I don't know when it happened, but instead of being silent and respectful (with a bit of cheering) like snooker, it's not loud and brash like a football match. Completely unwatchable.

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Sounds like he’s at a point where he can’t defend them any longer. All because of the things folks like JK Rowling brought up.
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Just goes to show how quick he will flip-flop to go along with the popular line.
 
Bog-standard Poster said:
Darts used to be quality. I don't know when it happened, but instead of being silent and respectful (with a bit of cheering) like snooker, it's not loud and brash like a football match. Completely unwatchable.
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Darts has always been like that. They used to riot in the 70s and early 80s. If anything it’s yet another sport Sky has gentrified.
 
Let's invade Russia in the winter. We've got a few months to find enough boots off Shein and Temu, then we can force march the workless from the Don to the Volga.
 
FedPostalService said:
Darts has always been like that. They used to riot in the 70s and early 80s. If anything it’s yet another sport Sky has gentrified.
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They cheered and celebrated 180s after the players had thrown. The fella on the mic used to ask for quiet please. It all went to shit when they banned smoking fags and chugging pints at the oche.
isalaide said:
ITT joyless people who have not enjoyed a monster night in a fancy dress costume singing along to Chase The Sun at the darts Premier League
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Women in sports were a mistake.
 
FedPostalService said:
@teriyakiburns as a sort of crazed Malcolm Tucker.
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I am not nearly smart enough to be that madman.

isalaide said:
ITT joyless people who have not enjoyed a monster night in a fancy dress costume singing along to Chase The Sun at the darts Premier League
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"And how does this help us play darts?"

"Darts?"

 
Bog-standard Poster said:
There is a party that put men first, want deportations, are anti-gay, anti-troon and anti-woke, have strong conservative values, believe in community first, are driven by strong religious doctrines and are God-fearing people.

That party is the Islamic party. Be careful what you wish for, the monkey-paw knows no bounds.
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Which is a very nicer party over in Islamistan, and I'm happy for them. I simply think it would be nice if America could have their version for America, England could have their version for England, and Australia- who am I kidding, down under is a lost cause.
I heard England is the land of infinite benefits for migrants so for laughs I was looking up what we could mooch while we're here if I was a brown skinned piece of shit that had no self respect, and I see that child tax credits went away on the 5th of this month. I'm not familiar with what they were but they sound like the usual thing countries do where they pay you to have children. You know, future taxpayers and all that. What was it? Did you lads kick up a fuss when it was being axed? Is this more ways to axe the middle class?
 
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They cheered and celebrated 180s after the players had thrown. The fella on the mic used to ask for quiet please. It all went to shit when they banned smoking fags and chugging pints at the oche.

Women in sports were a mistake.
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in the Zippy costume, no one knows you are a woman
 
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