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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.

 

[teriyakiburns]

There's lying, and then there's being completely disconnected from reality.

Falling apart, half demolished, denizens living amidst the ruins of past glories, overrun by barbarians... I dunno, seems pretty Roman to me.

Sir Keir Starmer has sent a warning to Labour MPs who have rebelled against the government:

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-news-latest-kemi-badenoch-imitate-javier-milei-tories-reform-nigel-farage-labour-keir-starmer
https://archive.ph/wip/T5j6H

He's going to do it, isn't he. He's going to withdraw the whip from every single one of them. He could lose up to a third of the party to sackings and defections, which would destroy Labour's majority completely. Even if he doesn't resign, refuses to call an election, and sticks to his guns, the legislative agenda will be completely stalled. Stagflation, strikes, and a minority Labour government. It's the 70s all over again

 

[Made In Wales]

Falling apart, half demolished, denizens living amidst the ruins of past glories, overrun by barbarians... I dunno, seems pretty Roman to me.

He's going to do it, isn't he. He's going to withdraw the whip from every single one of them. He could lose up to a third of the party to sackings and defections, which would destroy Labour's majority completely. Even if he doesn't resign, refuses to call an election, and sticks to his guns, the legislative agenda will be completely stalled. Stagflation, strikes, and a minority Labour government. It's the 70s all over again

BINGO!

The Unions have cooked his goose - Starmer might have Len McCluskey and Sharon Graham over a barrel but if he dares take a pop at Ed Dempsey (the new guy at the RMT now that Mick Lynch has retired) then he will be biting off more than he can chew.

Starmer is that much of a bloody minded tosser that he'd do just as you've said in the bold highlight.

If there's any whiff of dissent over Reeves' Budget from Hell, I can see Starmer pressing the nuke button before the Conference season.

He made it to the recess but he's damaged goods and Labour know this.

A minority Government will not get the backing of any other party... I might just have called it right.

 

[Eekum Bokum]

The insult isn't about being a virgin. The lack of vaginal penetration isn't what people are being mocked for when they're called a virgin. It's a value insult. If you can't find a woman who would sleep with you then you're low value. You're unappealing to women and no one wants you. Even the sluttiest easiest lay in the world wouldn't have sex with you and that's how low quality you are.

This makes zero fucking sense. The insult is not about being a virgin it's about women not wanting to sleep with you therefore making you a virgin. Stop with this value shit, the only people who take that shit seriously are insecure dweebs. Even the sluttiest easiest lay in the world wouldn't have sex with me and I'm supposed to be insulted by that? I'd take that as a badge of honour.

 

[Overly Serious]

Are you two virgins still arguing over whether it's an insult or not?

 

[lamppost]

This makes zero fucking sense. The insult is not about being a virgin it's about women not wanting to sleep with you therefore making you a virgin. Stop with this value shit, the only people who take that shit seriously are insecure dweebs. Even the sluttiest easiest lay in the world wouldn't have sex with me and I'm supposed to be insulted by that? I'd take that as a badge of honour.

It means you're just really fucking ugly man it's not a good thing.

 

[Made In Wales]

It means you're just really fucking ugly man it's not a good thing.

You can be a virgin and not ugly or at least not look like the Elephant Man:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14760459/Im-virgin-47-parents-relationship-terrified-intimacy-developed-damaging-addiction.html

https://archive.ph/wip/ec1pJ

Whilst I'm sorry that he had a bad childhood, I respect him for his choice - if he's genuinely got hang-ups about 'doing it' then fine, I would never judge him.

Children should be told that, if you don't have sex by 18 or never have sex nor intend to have sex, you aren't weird and you can still live a great life without it.

It used to be that you had to smoke and/or drink to be seen as having a good time, when you're young. Now that's no longer the case - kids enjoy themselves in other ways,

The pressure to have sex and to conform and be 'part of the gang' can lead to a lot of problems - one lad I knew from schooldays raped a girl because he was 'sick and tired of being told no'. He did four years and was shipped off to another part of these isles as the whole of the town was baying for his blood.

We tolerate gay and bi people, we're mainly straight as a nation, therefore why don't we respect asexuals, virgins, aromatic people the same way? They aren't 'freaks', they're just different - and some of them would like a cup of tea.

 

[Monopolywheel]

It means you're just really fucking ugly man it's not a good thing.

I've seen some really ugly men who were not virgins
I think it's more complicated then that

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Holy fucking shit you're all spergs, you call someone a virgin because it could make them feel embarrassed and silly. It's really not that complicated. An insult doesn't have to actually land; to be an insult.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

The pressure to have sex and to conform and be 'part of the gang' can lead to a lot of problems - one lad I knew from schooldays raped a girl because he was 'sick and tired of being told no'. He did four years and was shipped off to another part of these isles as the whole of the town was baying for his blood.

You're never going to remove that pressure. It's seen as a right of passage in a culture where there's no other right of passage left.

That's awful. What lead to that?

We tolerate gay and bi people, we're mainly straight as a nation, therefore why don't we respect asexuals, virgins, aromatic people the same way? They aren't 'freaks', they're just different - and some of them would like a cup of tea.

We shouldn't tolerate any of that. If you don't want to fuck that's fine but it shouldn't be some dumb identity.

Preserving your virginity until marriage is a noble thing. That deserves respect and should be encouraged. I don't know how viable it is with internet porn and how sexualized everything is. But the idea is a good one. That identity is Christian rather than Virgin and Virgin as an identity leads to incel crap and wizards.

I've seen some really ugly men who were not virgins
I think it's more complicated then that

It is.

 

[Made In Wales]

The guy in question was your typical weedy, not confident guy in school, he'd be captain of the 'Last XI' rather than the 'First XI'.

Eventually, he had enough of what he saw as 'the world treating him like shit' and took it out on the sister of a friend of mine. Even when caught he didn't care, he thought he'd 'won'.

The problem is that everything these days is an identity, from how you dress to how you vote - you are a brand and are branded, even your nationality depicts how others see and treat you.

 

[FuckedOffToff]

To get somewhat back on topic, you virgins, it would seem that dad in Langley has cottoned on to the fact that phoning the police is pointless, as they're useless, something the criminals have known for ages.
If I were him, I'd make sure to have a good dozen pals with cricket bats round for "practice", beat the shit out of any arresting officers, and then either get the hell out of dodge, or start burning shit down.
Become ungovernable.
He's going away for life anyway, might as well make a fucking scene on your way out.
But I'm a bit of a hothead.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

Personally I've always found people who are still virgins after 23 years old to be weird. In an ideal society I'd have them hanged to stop their hormonal rage boiling over so they rape and kill women.

I'm just lucky that my children won't have any issues with being called incels, as I have only daughters and my friendly Islamic community will ensure that they're ineligible to be incels by the age of 14.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Holy fucking shit you're all spergs, you call someone a virgin because it could make them feel embarrassed and silly. It's really not that complicated. An insult doesn't have to actually land; to be an insult.

Virgin hands typed this.

 

[Coolio55]

Yeah, I hate Virgins, I'm just a fucking retard who hates music, computer games and the UK space industry.
Richard's pretty skeevy though.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

The UK has a space industry? It's the only industry we have left if it's true. When are they turning the rockets into a Turkish barbers and take away?

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

You call people virgins to try and devalue them, but the more virgin olive oil is, the better. Clearly anyone who has never got their end away by the time they are, say, 30 should be pressed for their valuable fatty fluids.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

The UK has a space industry? It's the only industry we have left if it's true. When are they turning the rockets into a Turkish barbers and take away?

We have a pretty good space industry actually. One that could very easily be turned into a cruise missile and ICBM industry if need be. Which is probably the only reason we have it at all. Just in case America ever rescinds their missile agreement for trident.

 

[FedPostalService]

We have a pretty good space industry actually. One that could very easily be turned into a cruise missile and ICBM industry if need be. Which is probably the only reason we have it at all. Just in case America ever rescinds their missile agreement for trident.

There was talk about building a space port, whatever happened to that?

 

[Mound Dweller]

There was talk about building a space port, whatever happened to that?

Richard Branson's went bust, pretty sure the other one in Cornwall also went bust, I think the one in the Scottish Isles is still going but is also gonna go bust, it's all very dotcommy.

 

[femboy fart huffer]

given £9.95 a week on their ASPEN card, rising to £49.18 a week when they're moved to self-catered accommodation.

However, rather than buying necessities, some asylum seekers have successfully used the chip and pin ASPEN cards to gamble at physical sites such as casinos, slot machine arcades and national lottery retailers.

Why are we giving them £10 a week if they're not in self catered accommodation? What is that £10 going to? They have everything paid for them? They don't need to buy food or pay for rent or anything like that? So why are we just giving them money for no reason? They don't need to 'buy necessities' because the fucking government provides them, so what's the money for?

A Home Office source said: "If any individuals issued with Aspen cards have succeeded in misusing them in the way suggested, then urgent action will be taken to correct that fault."

The 'fault' is that they are allowed to stay in this country in the first place. The 'urgent action' should be giving them a choice of either killing themselves or fucking off back to where they came from.