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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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Tom Nook's Gloryhole said:
And whatever you do, if you're going to fuck about with investing at least do it in a Stocks and Shares ISA. Everything in it is tax free so you don't have to fuck about with capital gains tax. Either pick a global index fund and forget about it or fuck about with shares and see if you can make more money than a mutual fund.

Also make sure to have at least ONE income fund that's 15-25% of your portfolio so you can get dividends that essentially pay the minimal service charges without you needing to bother about anything else.

Other than that, good luck and have fun wasting money for the first year or two until you figure out what the fuck you're doing.
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I'd actually recommend the lifetime ISA for some people.
You put as 4k into it a year and the government chucks 25% of your savings (up to a max of 1k a year) on top. Not sure if you get the 1k every year if you just have 4k in it or you have to deposit 4k every year to get the extra 1k, but I've been doing the latter just in case and the extra grand is nice regardless. If you don't expect you're going to be making insane amounts later in life I think this is a good way to make a tidy sum to put on a deposit. You can't use it for anything else beside buying a house though, which is the asterisk.
 
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I'd actually recommend the lifetime ISA for some people.
You put as 4k into it a year and the government chucks 25% of your savings (up to a max of 1k a year) on top. Not sure if you get the 1k every year if you just have 4k in it or you have to deposit 4k every year to get the extra 1k, but I've been doing the latter just in case and the extra grand is nice regardless. If you don't expect you're going to be making insane amounts later in life I think this is a good way to make a tidy sum to put on a deposit. You can't use it for anything else beside buying a house though, which is the asterisk.
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The LISA is a specific edge case: Yes the government pays 25p for every pound in your account (and yes, it's only on each years deposits so to get the 1K you have to put in 4k every year) HOWEVER the only two ways to withdraw money from it without a penalty (which is 25% of the entire withdrawal, not just the government top up) are to withdraw it at aged 55 or to spend it on a deposit on a first home.

So if you already own a house then it's useless unless you want to save up for a stopgap fund before you can withdraw your pension so it helps to bridge the gap if you retire early.

A standard Stocks and Shares ISA is much better for the average person wanting to have a stab at making some money as if your boiler breaks down you can just withdraw a few grand just like that.
 
Tom Nook's Gloryhole said:
Here's what's going to happen: the UK is going to be forced to cancel deals with Israel and stop the information sharing system that they have with Israel. Shortly afterwards Iranians or some other Middle Eastern shithole sandnigger is going to set a bomb off in Trafalgar Square or some other high density place as they'll no longer be "known to authorities" considering Israel knows the colour of the shoelaces of some Middle Eastern extremists.

That Iranian synagogue/embassy plot a month or so ago would have set the public off like nothing else had it taken place. Illegal Muslims traveling by boat to the UK to gain asylum before blowing the absolute shit out of a targeted ethnicity followed by celebrations on the streets of Blackburn, Leicester and Leeds would have been Axel F on steroids.

As much as I fucking hate Israel, the last thing I want to be doing is getting blown to fucking pieces while traveling to work or at a concert or a football match. These fucking shortsighted Palestine flag waving students and liberal democrats are going to be suckered into ushering in ISIS 2: Electric Boogaloo.
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You mean no bagels? Oy vey!
 
Poppavalyim Andropoff said:
So Liverpool won huh?
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Looks like it, am just waiting for the Celebrity charidee single of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

Also, on X, this joke by Andrew Lawrence caused seething:


Looks like YouTuber 'Scarcity Studios' received a frosty welcome from the Plod in Portsmouth:


Finally, are we being lied to over Liverpool?

 
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teriyakiburns said:
Why are they booing? He's right!
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It's because they have a tumour in their humour.

They've succeeded (sadly) in cancelling some of his forthcoming gigs - what he needs to do IMO is team up with events people on the Far Right and do unannounced 'underground' shows.

Cash in hand, nobody knows that he's in town apart from invited and vetted guests, and he can continue his career unabated.


Elderly Asian woman proves how un-woke Ealing Council when it comes to housing repairs.
 
Speculation time. King Charles is making increasingly frequent visits to Canada, Australia and New Zealand recently, while most likely the head of state just checking in on his real estate I can't help but draw some possible conclusions. First: The cancer situation is far worse then advertised and he's making the respective prime ministers and governor's aware of what's happening.
Second: The three countries especially Canada are feeling the weight of the tariffs and are looking for economic assurance from London.
Third: Canada truly believes that annexation is a real possibility and not just another headline grabber by President Trump.
Fourth: The least likely of all, talks of Federalization.
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
First: The cancer situation is far worse then advertised
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The Canada stop over was very short and consistent with needing to return home for scheduled treatment.

The King looked very disheveled when making the address: the suit was ill fitting ans he looked tired.

I think he’s on a farewell tour.
 
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Not especially newsworthy, but this shit pisses me off. Basically a load of people were forcibly evicted from their homes for the A1 expansion scheme that never even materialised. Their properties have sat empty since and haven't been (and won't ever be) returned.

It just serves as a reminder that even if you outright own your property in this country, you don't really own it. The government can come in at any time for any reason and force you to sell up (and let's be honest, they'll offer you half the market value for it at best) and you have absolutely zero recourse or ability to appeal the decision whatsoever. The punishments for paedophilia in this country are less severe than what was inflicted on these people, whose only crime was owning a house that exists in a spot where the government wanted to do some stupid bullshit.

One such seized property was an old farm that had been owned by the same family for over 200 years- this is due to be bulldozed soon, for (as far as I can tell) no fucking reason whatsoever as the road project was ultimately cancelled.

£68m wasted, multiple lives upended, historic buildings destroyed and the square root of fuck all to show for it. You don't hate the government enough.
 
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Not especially newsworthy, but this shit pisses me off. Basically a load of people were forcibly evicted from their homes for the A1 expansion scheme that never even materialised. Their properties have sat empty since and haven't been returned.

It just serves as a reminder that even if you outright own your property in this country, you don't really own it. The government can come in at any time on a whim and force you to sell up (and let's be honest, they'll offer you half the market value for it at best) and you have absolutely zero recourse or ability to appeal whatsoever. The punishments for paedophilia in this country are less severe than what was inflicted on these people, whose only crime was having their house exist in a spot where the government wanted to do some stupid bullshit.

One such seized property was an old farm that had been owned by the same family for over 200 years- this is due to be bulldozed soon, for (as far as I can tell) no fucking reason whatsoever as the project was ultimately cancelled.

You don't hate the government enough.
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I've been bringing this family's struggles up to people since most are unaware of the fact that the government can force you to sell your inherited family road for a new road.

Contemptuous and in any normal country, a man would be able to defend his ancestral land with a weapon when the g-men come.

A random bureaucrat or Zippy from Rainbow in Downing Street can just remove your ability to exist so simply.
 
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