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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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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.

 

[Tragon Dirtle]

Israel doesn't need dirt on Starmer, his wife is Israeli Jewish with family that still live there.

 

[teriyakiburns]

The list of names and venom Christopher spits them out with means there's even worst going on behind the scenes.

And to top it off, they're stealing his ideas now. He said, three years ago, that Billie Piper should be the next doctor. Though I think he was trolling when he said that...

Is there anywhere that Christopher talks about this ?

There's snippets of it on youtube, here and there.

 

[Zoot]

Attenborough - the people who posted that, yea that's the name I've heard there is someone who uncoverd it an supposedly has hard evidence an can name names from what I've heard.

fucking hell. I wonder if they are desperately hoping to hold out the cover up till after he snuffs it. like they did with Jimmy saville

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Is there anywhere that Christopher talks about this ? I always like his performances in film and on TV. His stage work is also excellent if you ever get a chance to see it.

fucking hell. I wonder if they are desperately hoping to hold out the cover up till after he snuffs it. like they did with Jimmy saville

He will be protected by the eco warriors. They want his voice to push their narrative. He is trusted to know about nature and makes the ideal spokesman.

 

[chilli burn]

No but we still arrest you for pointing that out racist.

Frankly I hope it is Attenborough, because despite the fact I've enjoyed (some of) his work in the past, the kind of people who worship the ground he walks on tend to have been some of the most insufferable faggots I've ever met in my life. I want their worldview shattered into a million pieces, turned into a smoking ruin, and rendered down to its constituent atoms so I can laugh, and drink their tears when their Christ-like idol figure turns out to be a big sweaty nonce.

You know, the kind of people who say "yass" and think Cards Against Humanity is actually funny. Its always those sort of people, in my experience.

Honestly I'm glad im not the only one who thinks like this on cards against humanity. The game seems designed to be played in the school's special sperg room.

 

[BrightonAndHoveAlbion]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SWh6JnN9bOw

Fair play to him for being direct and not mincing words. Love the interviewer not knowing what to say at all, even most of the audience didn't seem to have the context.

 

[The Crack Spiders Bitch]

I'm pretty sure Attenborough isn't a nonce, if he's anything it's a sex pest.
I swear I remember reading he solicited women on sets and I remember reading on ?Mumsnet that he had a reputation for being rude/misogynistic

This could have also been about his brother Richard. This was like a decade+ ago.
I can't find a single mention now

 

[Mound Dweller]

At this point; literally any of them could be at it, don't get that "vibe" for David though if anything he's always struck me as a bit.. sexless, deep closet homo I could believe though.
Richard was a Hollywood actor though he'll have been up to pierced nipples in it so of course they'll be nothing documentation wise, just like the infamous disappearing pedo dossier.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SWh6JnN9bOw

Drunk Ecclestone best Ecclestone; Love how he doesn't pretend to be polite or resorts to insults, just calls out the bullshit.

 

[Made In Wales]

Brace yourselves, fellow Farmers, Palestine Action are going to throw a temper tantrum (or more) from tomorrow:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/palestine-action-met-police-protests-london

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/wr98b

At the same time, does a Harlesden Kebab Shop really support Hezbollah?

https://www.gbnews.com/news/london-ben-leo-confronts-viral-takeaway-israel-iran-missiles

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/fT3KI

In other news, Martine Croxall upsets the woke and trans folks:

https://www.gbnews.com/celebrity/jk-rowling-bbc-martine-croxall-pregnant-people-women

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/eZSxE

Finally (for now) the NHS could now send you abroad, if you need an operation, because 'Waiting Time Lists must come down!'

https://www.gbnews.com/news/nhs-waiting-lists-patients-sent-abroad

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/LC6Xv

 

[A-Logato]

If it is indeed Attenborough and their just sitting on it until he dies before making it public then could you just imagine the international backlash it would cause if it is true? David Attenborough has done a ton of charity work/founded charities, got a lot of people into working with animals and his shows are shown just about every where on the planet. For it to come out he's a nonce and likely the BBC knew the whole time and just kept it quite would probably tank the BBC as a whole from the outcry alone.

The real funny answer for who it could be for me would be the guy who played Mr Tumble just because I never liked his vibe.

 

[anklyscr]

Are you calling me a retard, or the celebrities a retard?

celebs. I quoted the wrong bit.

and back on thread. Greggs is wank. For a proper pie go to Greenhalghs

 

[Made In Wales]

If it is indeed Attenborough and their just sitting on it until he dies before making it public then could you just imagine the international backlash it would cause if it is true? David Attenborough has done a ton of charity work/founded charities, got a lot of people into working with animals and his shows are shown just about every where on the planet. For it to come out he's a nonce and likely the BBC knew the whole time and just kept it quite would probably tank the BBC as a whole from the outcry alone.

The real funny answer for who it could be for me would be the guy who played Mr Tumble just because I never liked his vibe.

There's been a few comments about 'Mr. Tumble' and Russell T. Davies IMO is definitely a guy who needs his hard drive looked at.

Tom Allen as well - smarmy, pompous, fake-voiced 'yoohoo I'm QUEER!' so-called comedian. Also not a nice person IRL (know a few people in Bromley, where he's from, and he was a bully in school who hid behind being gay to get away with it).

 

[the printer is outo fink]

He will be protected by the eco warriors. They want his voice to push their narrative. He is trusted to know about nature and makes the ideal spokesman.

A few months back, I was told a story about one of Attenborough's eco documentaries. It was one where they found some sort of seabird dead because of all of the plastic in its stomach. But the bird was not found that way, the plastic was put into its open corpse by the production team.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Finally (for now) the NHS could now send you abroad, if you need an operation, because 'Waiting Time Lists must come down!'

They did this exact thing in the late 90s/early aughts, and for the same reason as well. A fortune was spent sending people to France for operations so the NHS waiting lists could be cut down. Don't think it'll work this time; the french healthcare system is overwhelmed by north africans and turks these days.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

The Mr Tumble guy is absolutely a nonce, a family member used to live near him, and everyone called him a creep.

Oh, Birmingham Iman's are making demands now.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-mosques-issue-four-demands-31910190

 

[Mound Dweller]

Oh, Birmingham Iman's are making demands now.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-mosques-issue-four-demands-31910190

We're the country that literally invented Israel to keep the goddamn ayrabs busy for fucks sake, what makes the goatfuckers so confident Kosher Keith is gonna listen to them? I suppose you might argue perhaps it's meant to be intended for their own regular audience, just to keep up appearances and not actually achieve anything, but if that were case it'd be in bloody Urdu, they're getting too big for their sandals I think.

 

[Coolio55]

Very disappojnted if it's Attenborough. I know someone who's spoken to him (Job related) and he was apparently very nice.
Still. It's always the charmers, isn't it?
Well... Actually... In this country it's usually those that you can spot a mile off. "Stay away from the guy with the funny eye" and all that.

Ninja edit: Speaking of Mr. Tumble, there used to be some absolutely savage youtube poops of Something Special.

 

[NoIdeaWhatImDoing]

Britbros, talking about nonces I remember a news article about someone well know in the premier league that was being investigated for raping a couple of teen girls in the 80s it sounded like he was a manager or something like that. There wasn't any more info of the case after that. Do you know anything about the case? It didn't sound like bullshit because two different women came forward with similar allegations.

 

[Zoot]

I'm pretty sure Attenborough isn't a nonce, if he's anything it's a sex pest.

I reckon that might be a better fit. But I tell you who I would bet money on being a nonce - stephen fry.

Seen some clips of some weird jokes on QI. one of those where someone else is making the joke and you think - that will be the one people use to say "oh they all knew but it was covered up."

His comments on the rape gang stuff, his boyfriend, this beef with JK. even I read his early biography and some of his novels and there is a lot of weird shit in them (public school faggotry kind of stuff)

If I had to make a guess. Attenborough sex pest, Fry nonce. I had to only make one bet, Fry nonce would be my number 1 pick.

 

[Crunkle]

He may be daring Starmer to sack him, which would presumably trigger a putsch (successful or otherwise) in response.

I think this is a fantastic idea. Changing a leader a year into government has always gone well and hasn't caused any issues before. I really hope this bickering with Streeting explodes into a Corbynite v. Starmerite v. Blairite war within the party.

Cards against Humanity is funny for the average Clyde 23, from Burton

I dread having to play it, honestly. It goes for way too long, it gets boring after like 3 rounds.

My neighbour got really into it and bought ALL (and I mean all) of the expansions specifically for Christmas nights. The only great thing about it is that you get to see what these shockingly-normal people are capable of. We got a black card during Christmas 2022 that read: "What's that smell?". The nicest, sweetest lady at the Christmas dinner played the card: 'Queen Elizabeth II', and I was choking. Been a long time since I've laughed at something that hard, and I think it's because she was just sat there with the most satisfied grin on her face.

Also, why does this lizard get front-page headlining on the BBC website? He triggers my fight or flight response. There's just something unspeakably evil about him and his photo, I think it's the eyes. Anthony Zurcher. There's a surprising lack of information about him online, I was looking for an 'Early life' section so I could quantify his articles about the US/Iran situation properly.