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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.

 

[>IMPLYING]

The real question, which I'm sure we're all asking, is this: WHY the fuck is it our problem? Why do we have to cater to these foreign people and their foreign wars?

1. UK became America's lapdog after Suez Crisis
2. America became Israel's as a result of the same event (They thought siding with a communist dictator would make the Soviets friendly or something + general anti-imperialism/colonial sentiment that was popular at the time + asserting their own hegemony)
3. America supports Israel, UK supports America, ergo UK supports Israel

It's not our problem. It's Israel's problem, which becomes America's, which then becomes ours due to our government's commitment to the "special relationship".

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

What if I'm openly supporting both sides in a foreign war? Israel Vs Iran ending as a score draw after extra time would please me greatly.

Unless your support is "Norm Mcdonald"/"I don't give a fuck", then you get to pick between Tel-aviv and Tehran as to which capital you're thrown out over.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

I'm just laughing at the possibility of the USA getting involved on the side of Israel, which would force Starmer (at his most unpopular) to join a war alongside Israel.

The anti-Israel protests would be off the charts.

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

Unless your support is "Norm Mcdonald"/"I don't give a fuck", then you get to pick between Tel-aviv and Tehran as to which capital you're thrown out over.

If the Israeli's were to launch a nuclear weapon at every capital in the middle east, with the final ones rocket motor failing and it falling to earth in Jerusalem, the world would be a better place for it.

 

[Made In Wales]

I don't think Russia wants them. And if you mean to fight in a war then kinder to just execute them to begin with as the effect would be the same. Russia has munched through legions of hardened NATO-backed Ukrainian troops (and Kiev is now reduced to dragging conscripts to the front in locked vans), I don't think some terrified immigrants are going to do anything much. Would be like throwing ripe tomatoes at a wall.


Yep. Didn't go great for him. The governments own figures are that 70% of "irregular migration" (what a phrase!) are males 18 and over.

I did mean as a back up for Rwanda - if migrants think they'll be processed in Russia, they'll shit themselves, and those funding them would end up sharing Gulag cells with them.

I'm prepared for us to make up with Putin one day, to piss the woke off big time with this.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Police under attack in fifth night of unrest in Northern Ireland

Doesn't seem to be dying down.

 

[BongoMongo]

Has anybody read about Kyle "Zoe" Watts, the former PCSO who was jailed in 2021 for having banned weapons, and explosive substances and for making an IED, and is now in trouble for trying to make a 3D printed gun?

Oh look that thing that never happens is happening again. Mentally ill unstable fetishist man is being violent.

 

[Made In Wales]

Police under attack in fifth night of unrest in Northern Ireland

Doesn't seem to be dying down.

Ballymena, Salford and your town/city could well be next.

 

[Big Judge Cock]

Should we expect unrest from the invaders regarding the Israel-Iran conflict? Do we have a gang of bandits supporting Iran here for no apparent reason? I guess we can expect the usual anti Israel stuff from the rainbow crew.

 

[Crunkle]

Ballymena, Salford and your town/city could well be next.

You say this, the Home Office are attempting to get ahead of the leaks and release the rape gang report on Monday. They are very concerned about "unrest" so they know the contents are explosive and will upset a lot of people.

aka we were right the whole time and it has been covered up for over a decade.

The news about more rape gangs being discovered in Rochdale could very well mean yet another summer of protests/riots especially when paired with this inquiry.

 

[Snekposter]

come to the UK illegally, and you'll be sent to Russia or the USA

Jesus, dude, we don't want them either. Can't we meet in the middle and agree to make them France's problem?

 

[Crunkle]

I love how the first words in the headline are just a brag.

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(you don't have to read the article - it's just voodoo gumbo words)

I feel like I could fill up a @Made In Wales length post about the amount of retarded news articles I see every day.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

Should we expect unrest from the invaders regarding the Israel-Iran conflict? Do we have a gang of bandits supporting Iran here for no apparent reason? I guess we can expect the usual anti Israel stuff from the rainbow crew.

The dodgy car washes tend to rely on trafficked Persians.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Turns out the manosphere isn't as big a threat as previously thought.

https://archive.ph/sGJL7

Men who engage in the online “manosphere” and the content of Andrew Tate are often able to express a “strong commitment to equal treatment and fairness”, according to research commissioned by Ofcom.
Prompted by growing concerns about internet misogyny, researchers for the UK communications regulator followed the journeys of dozens of men through online content ranging from the US podcaster Joe Rogan to forums for “incels” (involuntary celibates). They found that while a minority encountered “extremely misogynistic content”, many users of the manosphere were critically engaged, selective and capable of discarding messages that did not resonate with their values.

They found it was far from a unified community: many participants felt the various subcultures under the manosphere umbrella were misunderstood, with extreme misogyny being grouped with benign self-improvement content. Several participants were drawn to it by its perceived humour, open debate and irreverence as well as connecting with views they found about traditional gender roles and family dynamics.

“This research does challenge the assumptions about the experiences and perceptions of individuals consuming manosphere content,” Ofcom said.
“Many of the participants expressed a strong commitment to equal treatment and fairness. They showed particular sensitivity to situations they perceived as unjust or discriminatory. This extended to issues specifically concerning men.”
The report’s author, Damon De Ionno, the managing director of Revealing Reality, who were commissioned by Ofcom to produce the study, said it “suggests society has overestimated” the risk posed by the manosphere.
It comes after rising violence against women and girls (VAWG) in England and Wales. Data published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in July 2024 found that about 3,000 VAWG offences were recorded by the police in 2022-23, an increase of 37% since 2018, with one in every 12 women a victim each year.
Separate expert studies have found some evidence that the language of the manosphere can escalate into physical violence. A submission to parliament by a group of UK academics cited cases in which incels had gone on to commit offline acts of violence, including Elliot Rodger in Isla Vista in the USA in 2014 and Jake Davison in Portsmouth in 2021.
The Ofcom study involved 38 men, and more misogynistic men may have declined to take part. Some potential recruits refused to take part, considering the government-appointed regulator to be part of the “mainstream”. Perhaps the most impressionable group, boys under 16, were also not included.
The study probed several manosphere subcultures, including “red pill” (men who believe the world is unfair to men) and “black pill” (those who believe unattractive men have very limited options for relationships) communities, incels, “men going their own way” (MGTOW), men’s rights activists, pickup artists and “looksmaxxing” groups (where young men share tips about achieving chiselled cheekbones or “hunter eyes” in an attempt to boost their sexual “market value”), as well as topics surrounding self-improvement, masculinity and gender politics.
Some of the content trawled for the study was obviously misogynistic, including posts condoning sexual violence against women. In other cases the misogyny was more ambiguous, such as self-help posts about boosting sexual success based on assumptions about women’s sexual preferences.
All of the men had engaged with content from Tate, the self-styled misogynist influencer who is facing charges in Britain including rape, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain, which he denies.
But one participant said they viewed watching clips of Tate as “entertainment” akin to watching a horror movie or playing Call of Duty, and the researchers said none of the interviewees had agreed with Tate’s most extreme misogyny.
Incel communities contained the most extremely misogynistic content, the Ofcom study found. They were notably full of messages promoting depressive and suicidal outlooks.
“Our research suggests society has overestimated the risk of the manosphere to women,” said De Ionno. “It’s not zero risk, but most of it doesn’t have the power to radicalise people who are pretty discriminating and value-driven.”
The research examined the attitudes of men who had become involved in several different corners of the manosphere from relatively mainstream content creators such as Piers Morgan to more niche groups such as those that talk about being “red pilled”.
One was the MGTOW movement, which discusses living without women. It has been described as misogynistic, but Ofcom’s interviewees insisted it was not because it was about choosing to live without women, not hating them.
One survey participant’s pathway into the MGTOW part of the manosphere began with him being intentionally misidentified as a child’s biological father, known as paternity fraud. Richard became involved in supporting other victims and came to believe that “feminist ideology runs through” the courts system. He stopped dating and said: “Once you’ve red-pilled about all this, you can’t unsee it.”
Another man, Matt, said the MGTOW influencers “prey on any … amount of bitterness and resentment you have in your life from a negative situation”.
Ofcom said: “A minority of participants described encountering extremely misogynistic content online – with the most extreme examples more likely to be found on closed groups or among incel communities.
“These spaces were also notably full of messages promoting ‘black pill’ concepts of self-loathing and hopelessness, as well as depressive and even suicidal outlooks. Participants that were more socially isolated offline tended to have greater depth of engagement within these closed communities, and so may be at greater risk of adopting harmful views or mindsets, due to their strong group identity and the individual’s wider vulnerability.”

As reported by the Guardian.

 

[FedPostalService]

The dodgy car washes tend to rely on trafficked Persians.

They're usually Albanian. The people who run the smuggling gangs and for some reason the country we want to send the boat monkeys too for "processing".

 

[Zoot]

Turns out the manosphere isn't as big a threat as previously thought.

A lot of the earlier MGTOW guys in particular were pretty insightful before it became watered down as everythig does once the normies find out about it. Two of the early guys Barabarossa and Starduskhad, had some really good videos on how MGTOW had nothing to do with traditionalism nor with feminism. It's funny to see how much of the early terminology ended up in the mainstream.

The dodgy car washes tend to rely on trafficked Persians.

Had this argument with someone the other day about blood car washes. The person was telling me about how we just need all these third-worldies to do all this work. There's a brownoid car wash round the corner. I asked the bloke, 'Is having a cheap manual car wash so fucking important that we have to fly a bunch of inbred muslims across the world to do it?' Like, wtf,would it matter if we had fewer carwashes? It's mindblowing that people think any of this is needed.

I guess I shouldn't expect them to get it, as they just repeat whatever talking points the media has given them, but fuck me is it irritating.

 

[FedPostalService]

Had this argument with someone the other day about blood car washes. The person was telling me about how we just need all these third-worldies to do all this work. There's a brownoid car wash round the corner. I asked the bloke, 'Is having a cheap manual car wash so fucking important that we have to fly a bunch of inbred muslims across the world to do it?' Like, wtf,would it matter if we had fewer carwashes? It's mindblowing that people think any of this is needed.

I guess I shouldn't expect them to get it, as they just repeat whatever talking points the media has given them, but fuck me is it irritating.

I always point out white people used to do those jobs. They did those jobs and could still raise a family. Plus the service was cheaper. Why are we importing a slave class that hates us?

 

[Zoot]

I always point out white people used to do those jobs. They did those jobs and could still raise a family. Plus the service was cheaper. Why are we importing a slave class that hates us?

I'm old enough to remember where I live when a shop clerk was a respectable job that a family man could have for life and bring up his family. Now it's a paki job.

The other point I make to people is yeah, some of the jobs won't be replaced, as there will be fewer people, but we won't need as many jobs as there are fewer people!!!! Why are we creating jobs just to fly browns across the world to do. It's insane. The answer to "who will do the job" is no one.

 

[Smyrna]

The review into rape gangs that was instigated as a response to the outrage at the start of the year will report this week. For the first time, the proliferation of these gangs will be linked explicitly to the Pakistani origin of the perpetrators and the native origin of the victims. The report is expected to also link rape gangs directly to illegal immigration. The report will recommend a new national inquiry that expands on these links, gathering evidence on why Pakistanis were engaged in this behaviour and the extent to which victims were ignored as part of an institutional cover-up.

https://archive.ph/oNiY0 | https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/a...ational-inquiry-into-grooming-gangs-ktsf00vlm

 

[FedPostalService]

The review into rape gangs that was instigated as a response to the outrage at the start of the year will report this week. For the first time, the proliferation of these gangs will be linked explicitly to the Pakistani origin of the perpetrators and the native origin of the victims. The report is expected to also link rape gangs directly to illegal immigration. The report will recommend a new national inquiry that expands on these links, gathering evidence on why Pakistanis were engaged in this behaviour and the extent to which victims were ignored as part of an institutional cover-up.

https://archive.ph/oNiY0 | https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/a...ational-inquiry-into-grooming-gangs-ktsf00vlm

Prediction: The news on the telly-box will bury this quickly and, despite what the terminally online will tell you, that's how all the normies get their news these days (who even buys a newspaper?) and it will be forgotten.