UK British News Megathread - aka CWCissey's news thread

  • 🏰 The Fediverse is up. If you know, you know.
  • Want to keep track of this thread?
    Accounts can bookmark posts, watch threads for updates, and jump back to where you stopped reading.
    Create account
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.

View image on Twitter


spread happiness@p4leandp1nk
https://twitter.com/p4leandp1nk/status/1080767496569974785

#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs
2764.png


7
10:07 AM - Jan 3, 2019
See spread happiness's other Tweets
Twitter Ads info and privacy


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."

View image on Twitter


pg often@pgofton
https://twitter.com/pgofton/status/1080772793774624768

The hype got me like #Greggs #Veganuary

42
10:28 AM - Jan 3, 2019
See pg often's other Tweets
Twitter Ads info and privacy


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.
Click to expand...

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.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Click to expand...
Kalamazoo 2 Timbuktu said:
May I ask the Brits a question? Why is nobody protesting the Royal Family? They’re doing nothing except supporting more subjugation of the natives and more raping filth. They’ve said not one word about what the English people are suffering under.

Do you not consider the Royals part of Government therefore not involved in the issue?
Click to expand...
If they actually spoke out the UK would be a republic so fast your head would spin.

Realistically when is the last time a British monarch had the potential of using their power without it backfiring anyways?
 
Crunkle said:
David Warburton, MP for Somerset and Frome from 2015 - 2023 has died aged 59. He was suspended from the Tories in 2022 and then had a cocaine and sex scandal involving a stay in a psychiatric hospital. His death is "unexplained but not suspicious".
Click to expand...
I saw him in Bruton many times at one of the pubs there years ago - it's a secret hideaway for lots of tory MPs of his generation, George Osbourne famously bought a house there. Nice small town on the train line to London. Happy to hear he most likely died doing what he loved, his wife and children didn't really want much to do with him after all the scandals and I suspect he just spent the last two years after being fired blowing all his money away.
 
femboy fart huffer said:
Don't forget the government just pushed out mass adoption of 'smart meters' which can at a single push of a button disconnect your entire house from both gas and electricity and you have no choice but to accept the 'upgrade' and no way to remove it from 24/7 remote access.
Click to expand...
Last I heard you could request a modern dumb meter and faraday cages still work.
 
Justsomecicada said:
Realistically when is the last time a British monarch had the potential of using their power without it backfiring anyways?
Click to expand...

I’m very sorry to say I’m one of those Americans. Almost all of my knowledge of England and it’s Monarchy comes from the very rosy lense of historical romances, the American Obsession with Princess Diana (our mothers held wedding watch parties and collected dolls) and my envy of Princess Kathrine’s wardrobe.
 
Crunkle said:
David Warburton, MP for Somerset and Frome from 2015 - 2023 has died aged 59. He was suspended from the Tories in 2022 and then had a cocaine and sex scandal involving a stay in a psychiatric hospital. His death is "unexplained but not suspicious".
Click to expand...
ODd on white sliced?
It would be nice to go back to the days where the political scandals were just edwina curry and John major having a shag, or a Tory grandee having a normal one with some fishnets, an orange and a spot of auto-asphyxiation. The current ‘actually I’m going to destroy the entire country’ sort of scandal is just too depressing
Kalamazoo 2 Timbuktu said:
May I ask the Brits a question? Why is nobody protesting the Royal Family? They’re doing nothing except supporting more subjugation of the natives and more raping filth. They’ve said not one word about what the English people are suffering under.

Do you not consider the Royals part of Government therefore not involved in the issue?
Click to expand...
They’re keeping the historical buildings mainly in use, and the alternative is a president for life Tony Blair. As long as they shut up and keep shaking hands and upkeep the palaces they can stay.
What we need is a total refresh of the Whitehall monster.
 
Some BBC articles (for a change):


EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming:




Starmer backs Rayner over Hove flat row:




Hundreds gather for funeral of Labour's Hefin David:




Warwick Davis to reprise role in Harry Potter TV series (@Chunky Salsa will be delighted!)




Ticketless train travel to be trialed across cities:


 
femboy fart huffer said:
'smart meters'
Click to expand...
The two words guaranteed to make my blood searing hot. You're bang on. These things are pushed out like everything else that's eroded liberty and ownership rights. Woah! Live stats so I can see how much it costs to put the kettle on?! I could not imagine anything more distracting and redundant as I already hate my energy supplier and Ofgem for their ridiculous prices.

femboy fart huffer said:
Japan has always been incredibly xenophobic
Click to expand...
Of course, but so were we. That was eroded by decades and decades of staying quiet. The Japanese are usually very meek and respectful people so seeing them out on the streets in full-force marching through a city is something you really don't see often.

femboy fart huffer said:
These things are fucking dogshit.
Click to expand...
Yeah, exactly why I asked for anyone else who could do a reverse image lookup. TinEye is really hit-and-miss and then all of the other sites I've found were just slop sites meant to farm clicks.

If he didn't take the picture himself then it would've had to have most likely been shared on social media in some capacity first, then it usually pops up regardless of what post-processing Xitter does to its images. I think TinEye and most other reverse image search sites take a hash or some kind of fingerprint of the image and compare it to other similar ones.

Could've always been him taking it at someone else's place, could've been sent to him privately, there's infinite doubts here so I think it is a bit of a dead end.

Otterly said:
It would be nice to go back to the days where the political scandals were just edwina curry and John major having a shag
Click to expand...
Imagine what kind of shenanigans politicians will be getting up to in 30 years. Titwank on Thameslink. Bestiality in Booths. Great time to be alive so we can all laugh together as the ship sinks ever further.
 
Kalamazoo 2 Timbuktu said:
I’m very sorry to say I’m one of those Americans. Almost all of my knowledge of England and it’s Monarchy comes from the very rosy lense of historical romances, the American Obsession with Princess Diana (our mothers held wedding watch parties and collected dolls) and my envy of Princess Kathrine’s wardrobe.
Click to expand...
Highly recommend The Royle Family. Great TV series about the royals and should give you a good insight into how our monarchy works.

And if you want a good show about how government works in the UK, there's The Thick Of It too.
 
Kalamazoo 2 Timbuktu said:
May I ask the Brits a question? Why is nobody protesting the Royal Family? They’re doing nothing except supporting more subjugation of the natives and more raping filth. They’ve said not one word about what the English people are suffering under.

Do you not consider the Royals part of Government therefore not involved in the issue?
Click to expand...
Because they have no power so protesting them achieves nothing, protesting them is the equivalent of finding Washington's descendant and asking why they aren't fixing the country.
 
Chandiler Savant said:
Have the kiwibongs done a Thick of It marathon? It's more optimistic than whats happening now.
Click to expand...
I'd be up for a bong night where we can maybe get it playing in Cytu.be? I've got the full series so if there's any interest I'd be good to set it up and host. I think you need to get a Google Drive or something and then a browser extension so it streams properly, I'll have to do a bit of set-up.
 
Crunkle said:
Of course, but so were we. That was eroded by decades and decades of staying quiet. The Japanese are usually very meek and respectful people so seeing them out on the streets in full-force marching through a city is something you really don't see often.
Click to expand...
Japan unlike us doesn't have the EU breathing down it's neck to "take it's share" and follow the ECHR. They can turn down as many as they want and what's anyone going to do about it?

They've also been lucky in a way to see how it has effected Europe and after looking at it in horror from a far or when ever they visit (which I have encountered them having a major culture shock when visiting England) they don't feel so eager on replicating it in their own country. So when they see their government begin the process to start shipping wogs, jeets and other shades of poo with the excuse of falling birth rates then they are going to flip it immediately and not risk becoming another victim of multi culturalism.
 
>IMPLYING said:
I'd keep them if no other reason than we've had them for a long time, the "United Kingdom" is better than "The Republic of Britain", and the completely valid threat of our Union flag being converted into some trite 3-bar tri-colour like the French, Dutch, Germans, etcetera.
Click to expand...
I agree with you that since the Glorious Revolution the Monarch has effectively been the slave of Parliament, and I don't disagree with the inherent superiority of having a Monarch and a Constitutional Monarchy arrangement as it has proved itself to be the most stable and effective in the world, but I do feel that the Windsors must go. At least this crop of Windsors. Even if we disagree on Elizabeth, I think it's undeniable - considering the wealth of statements and actions taken by Charles as Prince of Wales and now as King - that he is complicit and supportive of the Regime not merely just as his Constitutional role requires. He is a dyed-in-the-wool Globalist shill, who sees himself as King of the Commonwealth before King of Great Britain.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom