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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.

 

[Le b0wski]

I think the Tories were quiet on postal vote fraud and other shannanigans hoping they’d get the muzzies one day when Labour kept heading more progressive and it is destroying politics.

Are a handful of issues Labour+Tories both avoid as they want to keep it a 2 party system. Exposing widespread postal vote fraud would likely mean electoral commission have to ban/dissolve the Labour party. Even if it became Lib Dems+Tories as the 2 party system as soon as Lib Dems get in power they remove first past the post and introduce proportional representation and the whole game changes.

 

[f4t2h7gc]

Some complete unknown Reform candidate won in my area with hardly any campaigning or effort put in. No policy, no quantifiable ways of measuring or actually undertaking real change in the running of a council, no stated community improvements, no experience. Just bluster and retweeted Farage guff.

Local elections are typically low turnout in my area and I've met countless people that didn't vote because "pointless, innit mate", which is strange because the people you aren't voting for who get in are the shortest distance to fucking you over and also the ones managing the area where you live, work and raise your kids.

It's going to be a complete shitshow.

 

[Drihten]

It's going to be a complete shitshow.

As ever in this country.

 

[Le b0wski]

Some complete unknown Reform candidate won in my area with hardly any campaigning or effort put in. No policy, no quantifiable ways of measuring or actually undertaking real change in the running of a council, no stated community improvements, no experience. Just bluster and retweeted Farage guff.

Local elections are typically low turnout in my area and I've met countless people that didn't vote because "pointless, innit mate", which is strange because the people you aren't voting for who get in are the shortest distance to fucking you over and also the ones managing the area where you live, work and raise your kids.

It's going to be a complete shitshow.

Lots of Labour candidates won in the last elections by just standing with a poster that said "change" or even just depending on a tactical voting website displaying them as the person to vote for, so watching politics in general reduced to what rosette they have on isn't much of a surprise. I hope it's fixed in future elections but that weird sterilization of candidates social media and a support for that being the best social media strategy seems to be going nowhere.

People also forget that many local councils are almost autonomous with the council officers/civil servants having as much influence on policy as the councillors. Sure they are going to have a handful of policy changes but the idea everyone is instantly fucked as tho the person elected has to personally tell the binman to collect from your house each week or is so involved with the local school they are marking your kids homework is silly.

Will be interesting to see how the government interact with them if they block planning permission for huge solar farms or Labour developer mates new builds. If they start using/abusing the rarely used powers to override local councillors refusing permission then it will probably increase Reform support even further.

 

[Snekposter]

That article is hilariously written. Very dry
Denies murder
-on film having sex with them
-on film killing one of them
-google search full of ‘how do I kill these guys/ what’s their house worth/‘
-takes suitcase with bodies into train
-caught with a suitcase dripping blood about to chuck it off Clifton suspension bridge
Id say that’s fairly cut and dried but this is the universe of clowns so let’s see what the court decides.

He was a good boi who dindu nuffin because he was driven to it by Britain's inherent racism, so everyone else needs to do better to avoid a repeat.

 

[-Jack-]

I'm so horny.

 

[teriyakiburns]

I'm so horny.

Sir, this is a greggs.

 

[Crunkle]

I'm so horny.

Oh hey, you got rid of the cat gif PFP. RIP

Weirdly quiet in terms of politics today, nothing has been happening at all besides the new Reform MP getting sworn in.

Does anyone know how the councils are re-opened? I'd imagine it wouldn't be too long after the elections.

 

[f4t2h7gc]

Labour is considering restrictions on visa applications for Pakistan, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka - although this might be slightly ineffective considering the upcoming trade deal with India.

"Our upcoming Immigration White Paper will set out a comprehensive plan to restore order to our broken immigration system."

Wasn't there going to be a release of crime statistics by nationality at some point? Is that still in the works?

 

[>IMPLYING]

Labour is considering restrictions on visa applications for Pakistan, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka - although this might be slightly ineffective considering the upcoming trade deal with India.

"Our upcoming Immigration White Paper will set out a comprehensive plan to restore order to our broken immigration system."

Wasn't there going to be a release of crime statistics by nationality at some point? Is that still in the works?

Under the new trade deal any Indian immigrants here for fewer than 3 years won't have to pay any national insurance. So they'll be making more money than most people for the same work, whilst also benefiting from the things that NI pays for. At least Labour doing that shows that that they're starting to see the public's attitude towards immigrants as a whole. Not enough to stop them coming in, but still.

We might not see those stats released with any fanfare, but they're meant to be released sometime this month, if they're released at all. Most of the stats I'm finding about crime and nationality come from FOIs pressed for by certain MPs, such as Lowe.



If I ever became an MP somehow, I'd probably just spend my days taking on questions from the public and forwarding them onward to relevant departments then posting the answers online. Lowe's inquiry has sent off 7'500 of them so we'll see what comes out.

 

[Special spoonie]

Knowing Labour the pajeets will probably have the ability to vote, from being part of the commonwealth. They’ve lost every other voter base, so let’s import some.

 

[-Jack-]

Sir, this is a greggs.

...S...s...Sir???! SIR?!?!?! I'M A WOMAN!!!!

FUCK YOU REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

PREPARE FOR KEIR STARMAR TO ANALLY FUCK YOU CUNT!

I was commuting back home from London and a tranny sat next to me, she looked so beautiful, big tits, plastic surge face, fresh hair, etc,.

He opened his mouth... it went downhill from there, I guess I also shouldn't use thameslink wifi to go onto kiwi farms...

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

I am beyond angry, and I am a pretty relaxed person, but this "deal" with India is a death warrant. In a country where it is increasingly difficult to find a job, it is going to be impossible. Indians will take over management more than they do now and fester this country. Indians are trash, unintelligent, and depraved. Their culture is disgusting.

Gratz we will become Canada and Starmer you dumb faggot this will make immigration worse because THERE IS NO FUCKING CAP! You fucking mongoloid.

I went to my local city and I am in a heavily white area well was and I encountered so many fucking Indians. It was a disgusting and nauseating experience, topped by the fact that none of them are even nice to look at. They all have that shit skin tone which is fitting.

Apologies for my tirade. Anyone who has worked with Indians before knows how disgusting and ineffective they are. What is funnier they may have given Reform and the Conservatives the Muslim vote because they despise the Indians, which is hilarious.

edit - forgot to add prepare to hear SAARRR, SAARRRR PLEASE NO REDEEM more.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

...S...s...Sir???! SIR?!?!?! I'M A WOMAN!!!!

FUCK YOU REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

PREPARE FOR KEIR STARMAR TO ANALLY FUCK YOU CUNT!

I was commuting back home from London and a tranny sat next to me, she looked so beautiful, big tits, plastic surge face, fresh hair, etc,.

He opened his mouth... it went downhill from there, I guess I also shouldn't use thameslink wifi to go onto kiwi farms...

Are you drunk?

I am beyond angry, and I am a pretty relaxed person, but this "deal" with India is a death warrant. In a country where it is increasingly difficult to find a job, it is going to be impossible. Indians will take over management more than they do now and fester this country. Indians are trash, unintelligent, and depraved. Their culture is disgusting.

Gratz we will become Canada and Starmer you dumb faggot this will make immigration worse because THERE IS NO FUCKING CAP! You fucking mongoloid.

I went to my local city and I am in a heavily white area well was and I encountered so many fucking Indians. It was a disgusting and nauseating experience, topped by the fact that none of them are even nice to look at. They all have that shit skin tone which is fitting.

Apologies for my tirade. Anyone who has worked with Indians before knows how disgusting and ineffective they are. What is funnier they may have given Reform and the Conservatives the Muslim vote because they despise the Indians, which is hilarious.

edit - forgot to add prepare to hear SAARRR, SAARRRR PLEASE NO REDEEM more.

And they don't pay National Insurance for 3 years under the deal; and still benefit from all that National Insurance brings.

 

[Overly Serious]

You know, I'm actually starting to credit @Made In Wales 's prediction that there'll be a GE sooner than people think. I don't know what could possibly induce Labour and Tory MPs to allow a Confidence motion in the face of the slaughter that would result right now, but I don't recall a government facing so much anger by the public and if said public are not given the chance to push back at them democratically, it's going to come out in other ways.

What on Earth was Labour thinking with this? This is directly disadvantaging British workers in favour of foreign workers.

 

[-Jack-]

Are you drunk?

No, just a bit emotionally unstable ATM.

 

[the rat]

What on Earth was Labour thinking with this?

You wrongly assume they are capable of thinking.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

I do think there's a possibility that a GE is called to prevent Reform from getting enough momentum to become a MAJORITY but I think that's already sailed. It'd require Labour and Conservatives to form a coalition in order to prevent Reform from making huge gains.

 

[A-Logato]

Happy 1000 page hit

May the sun never set on British News Megathread

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

My money is on Reform getting the afd treatment. They have too many young lads voted in for them all to be politically savvy. At least one will say something daft then they all get labelled and it's a slippery slope to the party getting banned.