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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.

 

[BongoMongo]

I can't see Rob Bryden being a monster, James Cordon on the other hand...

Rob Bryden was, when I had the fortune of meeting, one of those people who is aware on some level he's done a thing which brings many people a good deal of joy, but who also makes you feel like talking to you is both the high point of his day,and the most important thing to him right at that moment.

Paul O'Grady was the same. I met him a few months after I'd emailed into his BBC2 Radio Show. He not only remembered the email I had sent me, and my name, and was incredibly kind to me. I know he was a homo and all that but he was genuinely kind when I told him just now much joy he bought my late Grandmother, who absolutely adored him.

If it ever came to light either of them were wrong 'uns I would be genuinely sad.

Fry however? Absolutely a pedo.

 

[Duane Dibbley]

I will eat all the mockery when proven wrong but honestly I think Norton doesn't come across as a nonce. He seems the sort of man who's only ever aroused if his sexual partner can bench press him.

Whether or not that kink should be shamed (and is absolutely not limited to homosexual men) I don't think he's a kidddy fucker.

I don't think Norton is a pedophile, his was the only big name I can remember from TV (because of Father Ted). I don't, and haven't watched it in decades.
The last time I watched BBC was the breakfast show with Bill Turnbull (Rip) and Suzanna Reid. Bill's dry humour and Reid's legs made for quite the viewing.

Cordon is a nonce and or rapist. Alan Carr is a nonce. John Oliver is a nonce.
Though after the Hew Edwards reveal, anyone could be a nonce.

 

[A-Logato]

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Why does Stephen Fry have the physique of a 75 year old women?

 

[teriyakiburns]

Why does Stephen Fry have the physique of a 75 year old women?

You must know some right rough women.

e: Odds this one suddenly disappears from the headlines when they find the perpetrator?

Police investigating potential race motivation in house arson



Police are investigating whether a fire and graffiti attack on a vacant house in the Shankill area of west Belfast was racially motivated.

The attack happened at a house on Upper Glenfarne Street at about 20:45 BST on Thursday night.

Emergency services extinguished the fire, which damaged the house's front door. Graffiti was also sprayed on the front window.

The police said the incident is being treated as deliberate and that a racially-motivated element is one line of enquiry.

 

[Clem Fandango]

Off work with a cold today. Mainlining lemsip and soup. Hit me with your best home remedies.

While we're doing the usual game of who's (probably) a nonce, I'm gonna give my usual shout out to Linekar.

Tbh, I don't think he really is one, but I want to keep saying it so that every time there is a scandal he feels the need to go on Twitter and post "It's not me guys", like he does every time.

 

[Duane Dibbley]

Off work with a cold today. Mainlining lemsip and soup. Hit me with your best home remedies.

Scalding hot bath or shower, where it's so hot it turns your skin red. Don't be a pussy and take it. Sit/stand there until you're about ready to pass out, then get out and neck 1-2 pints of the freshest, purest orange juice you can buy.

You'll be ready to fight Rocky before tea time.

 

[Elysian]

Off work with a cold today. Mainlining lemsip and soup. Hit me with your best home remedies.

If your nose is all bunged up try eating some of those Buldak Korean instant noodles, the intense spice will clear your sinuses out.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

Off work with a cold today. Mainlining lemsip and soup. Hit me with your best home remedies.

While we're doing the usual game of who's (probably) a nonce, I'm gonna give my usual shout out to Linekar.

Tbh, I don't think he really is one, but I want to keep saying it so that every time there is a scandal he feels the need to go on Twitter and post "It's not me guys", like he does every time.

Same fren, for me I have Chicken soup and Chilli con carne. Not together, but soup for lunch and chilli for dinner. I make it really spicy and put fresh chillis in as they are high in vitamin C. I drink tea and orange juice. If you are alone, batch cook the chilli with rice from a rice cooker, as it will keep sealed in portions for 3 days. Hot baths help a ton, too as the hot water opens up the sinuses.

Oh, to add, looks like in line with making GDPR applicable to 13-year-olds, they are making it so 13-year-olds have to have a digital ID. Good job Cooper, target kids, it always goes well.

 

[Cloaca Rimjob]

Exactly my thinking!

Breaking news... Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 68, charged with rape and indecent assault as Met Police issues statement:

https://www.gbnews.com/celebrity/tim-westwood-met-police-charged-rape

(archive.ph isn't working for me but will archive later if I can).

He didnt have a loicense to pimp his ride

I see your Fry and raise you Eddie Izzard.

I reckon David Jason

 

[Adrenochrome Dreams]

If Fry is a nonce, and I don't believe he is, he will be a 'legal' 'safe' nonce like when Glitter went to thai land to bang legal kids. Still a nonce, without the punishment.

The nonces left at the BBC (Benders Bumming Children corporation) will be cashcow nonces like Norton.

Why would you doubt Fry is a nonce? He’s hiding in plain sight. One of his quotes is “there’s no storm like adolescence, and no port like a pretty boy’s bum”.

 

[FedPostalService]

Off work with a cold today. Mainlining lemsip and soup. Hit me with your best home remedies.

Chicken soup. By recommending that the people who are convinced I’m black will now think I’m a Jew.

 

[Duane Dibbley]

Why would you doubt Fry is a nonce? He’s hiding in plain sight. One of his quotes is “there’s no storm like adolescence, and no port like a pretty boy’s bum”.

I don't think he's a nonce on the levels of saville, scholefield or edwards; where they're letching over young kids while married or just being a disgusting pervert.
He's more safe/edgy levels of nonce where it happens but it's sort-of above board.

Plus, I like Fry. QI, Derren Brown and Blackadder are good watching.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

Tea made from fresh ginger, honey and lemon and rest. Let your body concentrate on getting rid of the virus

 

[Clem Fandango]

I make it really spicy and put fresh chillis in as they are high in vitamin C.

I didn't know that about chillis! Love a good chilli con carne so I might request that for tea. Currently munching a lot of choco bons and watching Internet Historian videos in bed.

I know I moan about my wife quite a lot on here, but man there's nothing better than having someone fuss over you and make you tea and toast when you're feeling sorry for yourself. Miladdo was even sent up with an orange juice and some crayoned drawings of Bandana Waddle Dee from Kirby. Feeling very loved right now.

To try and comment on the news at least a little bit, I see Kier is praising India's Aadhar card system. Those are tied to your phone number (so if you lose your phone you're fucked) and you can't open a bank account without one. So add that to the shitshow of his proposed digital ID system.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Why would you doubt Fry is a nonce? He’s hiding in plain sight. One of his quotes is “there’s no storm like adolescence, and no port like a pretty boy’s bum”.

To be incredibly generous, he was talking about his time as a teen in public school.

It's all the other stuff he allegedly did afterwards that makes him a nonce. And it'll be annoying it it proves to be true, because I really do enjoy Fry's work.

I reckon David Jason

If we're thinking about ruining the heroes of our youth: John Cleese. I have literally no reason to think this, but it's about as likely as Jason. Then again, Huw Edwards seemed about as unlikely to be a diddler as it could possible be and yet look where he is now.

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

Attenborough

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

If your nose is all bunged up try eating some of those Buldak Korean instant noodles, the intense spice will clear your sinuses out.

Love eating incredibly spicy food whenever I'm not feeling great. I've got a few currys in the freezer that I wouldn't be able to stomach normally but they really hit the spot when you're feeling like shit.

 

[FedPostalService]

Going to have sausage, eggs, and home made chips for tea. Proper Norf FC dinner that.

Since it’s a slow day; what stereotypical dinners are you all having?

 

[Crunkle]

Since it’s a slow day; what stereotypical dinners are you all having?

Rump steak, it's actually cheaper at the butcher's now than it is in a supermarket. Rump steaks are now about £7.50 in Tesco but at the butcher they're about £5 if you get a few steaks (and freeze them down for later).

 

[FedPostalService]

Rump steak, it's actually cheaper at the butcher's now than it is in a supermarket. Rump steaks are now about £7.50 in Tesco but at the butcher they're about £5 if you get a few steaks (and freeze them down for later).

I had that last night with homemade chips, peas, and sweetcorn.