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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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Clem Fandango said:
May I wish a happy "Don't Kill Yourself Day" to all my fellow Britcuck Kiwis.

If you were thinking of killing yourself (understandable), could I just ask that you not do it today, and instead consider doing it tomorrow, or maybe not at all. It's just that it would kind of ruin the vibe if you did do it today.
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I’m wishing you a Happy Don’t Get Shot Up By A Tranny Day right back
Made In Wales said:
Church leaders accuse Tories of spreading ‘fear’ after call for migrant hotels to close
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Next LARPer who goes on how we are a Christian country with Christian values should look at the state of Christians.

Reject modernity, return to Odin.
 
Crunkle said:
D'awww, Auntie...Nigel's hogging the pre-watershed screen time again...

EDIT: What the fuck, Eamonn Holmes looks more like an old Japanese woman every day, he's barely keeping his head up.
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Ah-so

I know he's not been well for some time, there's talk that him, Anne Diamond and some more of the 'veterans' might be retired soon.

I'm just waiting for Count Dankula to get his own show on GB News.
 
That is sad. Greenwich is a beautiful campus, but I did not know they were that financially hard up. Kent, I understand, stayed overnight once there, and it was dire. I know a few people who went to the West of England, and considering what they said about the admin there, I'm not even shocked.

I was talking to a younger guy the other day who is job hunting while at uni, and he said that for one job, he needs to drive over 20 miles away for a job that's not even a 9-to-5, 2 days a week. This was in a University town, too. A lot of his friends were looking for months, but held off. I wonder what the true youth unemployment is because it is way higher than it is.
 
The pressure really is piling on Labour - one more day in Parliament and then the Conference season starts, but it's a wholly disunited party which will be heading up the M6/West Coast Main Line to Liverpool with no end of problems to sort out:


Politics LIVE: Labour MPs break ranks to call for 'complicit' Lord Mandelson to be sacked over Epstein links:




Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell compares Nigel Farage to Hitler - 'Disgusting!'




Keir Starmer faces fresh crisis as two connecting storm clouds could soon tear Labour apart at the seams:




Reading's Labour-run council slammed as fresh traffic errors trigger thousands of refunds:




Motorists dealt major blow as Oxford approves new congestion charge slapping thousands with £5 daily fee:




Electric vehicles worth £1.3million seized in huge police crackdown on 'dangerous' products:




Keir Starmer wrote 'how to manual' on the ECHR highlighting 'enormous potential' of human rights laws in Britain:




King Charles and Prince Harry reunite for first time in over a year and a half:


 
Couple of articles.

BBC omitted the best bit of the story so I underlined them from another source
The owner of a cult Glasgow bar who described a staff member as looking “very Aryan with your blue eyes and blonde hair” has been ordered to pay her more than £18,000 for discrimination and unfair dismissal.
The Employment Tribunal in Glasgow ruled that Sky Sinclair was subjected to repeated unwanted remarks by her boss, Mido Soliman, director of More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish Ltd, which runs the Old Toll Bar in Kinning Park.

She alleged that he engaged in “unwanted conduct related to race and sex which had the effect of violating her dignity and creating a degrading, intimidating, humiliating and offensive environment for her.”

She was later dismissed without notice, just days before her two-year anniversary with the company, when statutory protection from unfair dismissal would have taken effect.
Employment Judge Shona MacLean found the dismissal was both “procedurally and substantively unfair” and designed to deprive her of her rights.
Ms Sinclair, who worked at the Old Toll Bar from July 2022, told the tribunal that Mr Soliman had made several remarks which left her feeling humiliated and anxious.
In the summer of 2023 he commented that she looked “very Aryan with your blue eyes and blond hair.”
A few weeks later, after she bought a coffee for a white colleague, he asked, “Is that for me?” and, on learning it was not, added: “Oh yeh forgot you like white people better” and “How was Germany?”
Ms Sinclair said she had no connection with Germany and interpreted the comment as “suggesting that she was racist or associated with Nazi ideology.”
She told the tribunal she felt awkward and believed her employer “derived satisfaction from her discomfort.”
In late 2023 Ms Sinclair challenged a comment Mr Soliman made in a staff group chat.
According to the tribunal judgment, she “expressed concern that the comment was threatening, and sometimes there was a tense atmosphere among staff” when Mr Soliman was present.
The tribunal also heard evidence that Mr Soliman dismissed her concerns about his behaviour by saying to another manager: “You just get some females like that.”
Ms Sinclair “felt anxious about this comment” and “thought that the second respondent did not have a high regard for women who did not agree with him.”
Relations deteriorated, and she later discovered that managers had to persuade him not to dismiss her at that stage.
By June 2024 she had been removed from the staff WhatsApp group.
On July 11 she turned up for her shift only to be told she was being dismissed for “poor sales performance”. No prior warnings or evidence were given.
When she queried the lack of discussion, Mr Soliman told her it “had not quite been two years” and the decision had been made.
The tribunal found there was no evidence of misconduct and that sales figures reflected the performance of shifts rather than individuals. The dismissal was found to have been predetermined.
The tribunal awarded Ms Sinclair £2,000 for injury to feelings caused by the harassment, plus £322.19 in interest.
She was also awarded £14,475.85 for unfair dismissal, including compensation for lost earnings.
In addition, the company was found to have breached its duty to provide written reasons for dismissal and notice pay, resulting in a further £1,274.68.
In total, the award against More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish Ltd and Mr Soliman came to £18,072.72, to be paid jointly and severally.

Mr Soliman did not attend the final hearing or respond to correspondence, and earlier failed to provide medical evidence to support a claim that he was too unwell to attend.
Judge MacLean said Ms Sinclair had given her evidence “honestly and in an understated manner” and found her account credible.
He said the remarks about race and sex were “unsolicited” and created an intimidating environment. While the harassment was not prolonged, it caused genuine embarrassment and anxiety.
On the dismissal, he said: “The dismissal appeared predetermined to avoid the claimant acquiring statutory rights. I concluded the dismissal was for an unfair reason.”
The Old Toll Bar is one of Glasgow’s oldest pubs, known for its ornate Victorian interior. It was taken over by More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish Ltd in 2022. It was recently shortlisted for best pub at the Glasgow Bar Awards.
The pub has been approached for comment.
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Turns out the home Angela "sold" to her son's trust might have been overvalued. Allowing her to draw out money from the trust she should not have been entitled to.
Angela Rayner’s family home was increased in value by more than £150,000 after an “error” by lawyers.
The value of the property in Ashton-under-Lyne was raised from £487,500 to £650,000 in April 2024, official documents seen by this newspaper show.
Months later, Ms Rayner sold her stake in the home to a trust set up for her disabled son for £162,500 – the same amount as the increase in property price.
The increase in cost meant that their house was worth nearly twice as much as other properties on the street.
The documents emerged just days after Ms Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after a Telegraph investigation revealed that she had dodged £40,000 in stamp duty.
Her critics said that the latest documents show that she has further questions to answer about her complex property dealings.
The increase in price was made after lawyers from Swiitch, the conveyancing arm of Shoosmiths, the law firm appointed by the court to run the trust for Ms Rayner’s disabled son, wrote to the Land Registry in April 2024.
They apologised for an “original error” that meant the house had been registered at only 75 per cent of its value and formally applied for this higher value to be listed.

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The trust was set up after a compensation payout from the NHS in 2020, following difficulties during her son’s birth and subsequent care in 2008.
The increase meant that Ms Rayner’s share was worth £162,500. She subsequently sold it to the trust and used the money to pay the deposit on her £800,000 seaside flat in Hove.
At the time of the valuation error, Ms Rayner was being investigated over questions of whether she paid the correct tax on a former council house she used to own in Stockport. She was later cleared of any wrongdoing.
Ms Rayner has now referred herself to the HMRC over her failure to pay the £70,000 stamp duty that was due on her flat in Hove. She instead paid the lower rate of £30,000.
She quit on Friday after the Government’s independent ethics adviser found she had broken the ministerial code because she had ignored two warnings that she should seek expert advice on the transaction.
The lawyers involved in the purchase of the Hove property, Verrico & Associates, had earlier told The Telegraph that they were being made “scapegoats” by Ms Rayner and had not given her tax advice.


This newspaper also found that in the past year, no house within a mile of Ms Rayner’s Ashton property has sold for more than £561,000.
There have been 44 property sales on her street in the past five years, the most expensive of which was a three-bedroom, semi-detached home just down the road that sold for £365,000 in 2021 – almost £300,000 less than the value put on her home.
Sources suggested that the true value of the home could be lower than £650,000, though it is understood to be larger than others in the area.
A spokesman for Swiitch said: “At the time of lodging papers with the Land Registry regarding the Ashton-Under-Lyne property, an administrative error was made which bears no wider significance.
“The error was identified, and the matter was resolved satisfactorily with the Land Registry.”
It is understood that the property was valued by an independent qualified surveyor.
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Kier Starmer said:
Fucking Nike Sliders man, its such a black person thing
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I've seen some of the black fellers in workplace wearing steel toe shoes but with the ball of their foot either crushing or held up by the back of shoe instead of putting it inside like everyone else does. It's fucking weird.
Duane Dibbley said:
If the EU does implode, I wonder what will happen to the newly-joined countries who are about to take their currency?
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Does it mean that we get Ireland back?
Crunkle said:
The days where you could buy a stamp, some Haribo eggs and a few pig trotters treats for the dog all in the same place.
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When the shops would have a selection of products on display on a window-facing shelf and those windows would have the store's name painted tastefully upon them and not covered in plastic sheets decorated with PNGs of shite drinks at a semi-reasonable price.
 
Assassinating political opposition is starting to take off in the US. Where they go we're not far behind so I wonder if someone is going to take a shot at Farage. Either with a rifle or try to knife him. They're building him up as Hitler 2.0 and the violence the left are using in the US will inspire our gender specials here.
 
I mean, they already threw milkshakes and bricks at him when he came back last year and that was with zero planning or effort. Spur of the moment stuff. Now that he is the PM in waiting a more serious attempt is an inevitability unless he is exceptionally careful about where he goes and with who.
 
Smyrna said:
I mean, they already threw milkshakes and bricks at him when he came back last year and that was with zero planning or effort. Spur of the moment stuff. Now that he is the PM in waiting a more serious attempt is an inevitability unless he is exceptionally careful about where he goes and with who.
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Literally the worst thing they would do, given what happened to Trump in 2024.

Reform would win a major landslide within months.

Seriously, much as I like Nigel (I'm in a minority, I know) if he died as a result of a twat doing a twat thing then after the shock I'd be saying to myself 'well it doesn't matter who they put in charge, they'll win by an amount not seen since the 1930s coalition.'

I think even the biggest Farage hater on the Left would say 'No' to executing Nigel - there was a small protest outside the NEC by some young great unwashed whiners, during the conference, but nothing OTT and by day two they'd gone home.

As I've said before, the Left hate the Right but they now hate the Left that's not like them even more.

They'll eat their own first, because that is the easier option - we know they'll come for us one day and we're ready for that, whereas the non hard Left think that everybody loves them and everything is all unicorns, rainbows and wonderfulness... they're going to get a very rude awakening.
 
Made In Wales said:
I think even the biggest Farage hater on the Left would say 'No' to executing Nigel - there was a small protest outside the NEC by some young great unwashed whiners, during the conference, but nothing OTT and by day two they'd gone home.
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I disagree. Both sides have become radicalized where killing is on the table now. A lot of white zoomer boys and late millenials do not give a fuck about anything but punishing the people who constantly put the boot down on them for being white males. This right wing is radicalizing (and not the way the bbc thinks) because it's their only option to have something in life at all. No home, no women, no country means you may as well go postal and make a name for yourself and maybe make a difference for someone else (I am not saying do this, I'am saying this is how they think). The other half are being told Neo Hitler is on the rice with Trump, Farage and the ADF and they better punch some Nazis or else it's death camps for everyone who isn't a white straight male.

How much you agree with their views doesn't matter. This is the climate we've been in now for 10 years. There are two radical sides in politics on top of all the ethnic disputes. The extremes of the internet echo chambers have impacted the real world in America today. And I don't see any difference between our situation now and when Biden was in power in the US. Both sides want blood and cannot co exist so it's a matter of when they start trying to assassinate people here like there. You already covered a local story about a Reform MP getting their home attacked.
 
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