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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.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

How? You've only got one penis!

And a tongue

 

[Clem Fandango]

YouTube just made me sit through a Mr Kipling advert where a curly haired black woman and her dad play Blink 182 songs on a piano.

A Mr Kipling advert....

Are they just programming the algorithm to fuck with me now? They know I don't want to watch this.

Eta:

The system seems to be designed to punish sensible people that work, earn money and save - it rewards those who don't work, don't save and ponce.

Whoa buddy! Where did you get that crackpot tinfoil hat right-wing conspiracy theory?

...

In unrelated news, benefits scroungers are going to get their gas and electric bills debt "cancelled" (i.e. You and me pay for it). Enjoy paying literally 50p in the pound after this next budget!

 

[Made In Wales]

And a tongue

'One penis one tongue' is the video which I do not care to watch, if it is going to be anything like 'two girls one cup'.

Some news bits from the People's Channel:

* Politics LIVE: Rachel Reeves inquiry REOPENED by Sir Keir Starmer as 'new information' emerges in rent scandal - Sir Lawrie Magnus is now examining fresh emails from Rachel Reeves' husband Nick Joicey in the letting controversy over her home in Dulwich.

* SNP left furious after Reform councillor says 'Sharia law is being brought to Glasgow'.

* Prince Andrew could face private prosecution over 'sexual assault, corruption and misconduct' claims.

* Bob Harris flooded with support as BBC Radio 2 star shares emotional health update amid 18-year cancer battle.

* Coventry Building Society issues warning to savers amid Rachel Reeves ISA tax raid rumours: 'Time to act!'

* Three shock graphs expose Rachel Reeves' desperate attempt to mask economic disaster as budget fears explode.

* Patriotic Briton vows to 'fight the council' after unfurling 100ft Union flag on ex-HQ: 'I own the building!'

* Keir Starmer shuts down leadership challenge rumours as PM says he wants decade in power and lays out 10-year plan.

* Hairdresser to rake in £31,500 for pampering illegal migrants awaiting deportation at Heathrow.

* 'It is utterly unthinkable that Labour would put the final nail in the coffin with income tax,' says Alex Armstrong.

* Disgraced King Juan Carlos I denies affair with ‘cold’ Princess Diana.

* The Sarah Pochin pile-on cannot paper over the statistics. Reality is being distorted - Ann Widdecombe.

* Katie Price sends bizarre message to ex Dwight Yorke as son Harvey reaches out to dad in social media clip.

* Crystal Palace get 'unfortunate punishment' after hammering Liverpool in Carabao Cup (don't worry, it's just a fixture congestion headache!)

* Inside Phil Foden's suffering with Man City and England star's family targeted by nasty trolls online.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Reminds me of that crackhead-looking bloke who did dangerous things with electricity on Youtube, PhotonicInduction. Absolutely no intention to cause harm but meddling with powers they clearly don't comprehend.

Nah, guy was a sparkie, he definitely understood what he was getting in to. It's when he married the fat indian that he started meddling in arcane magic. It's no coincidence he stopped posting right after that.

what the fuck



Either this is the sort of synchronicity that you only see in bad movies, or photonic induction reads this thread.

 

[femboy fart huffer]

I think we should take all the povos and put them in the stocks so I can throw rotten tomatoes at them

 

[teriyakiburns]

Politics LIVE: Rachel Reeves inquiry REOPENED by Sir Keir Starmer as 'new information' emerges in rent scandal - Sir Lawrie Magnus is now examining fresh emails from Rachel Reeves' husband Nick Joicey in the letting controversy over her home in Dulwich.

How many women has he thrown under the bus now? Four?

Estate agent is refusing to comment. I bet they advised her she needed a selective license and she put it up for rent anyway, because she's the chancellor and she knows the prime minister. There's a (tiny) non-zero chance she's gone before the budget at this rate, which would throw the whole government into chaos if it happened.

 

[Smyrna]

Starting to look like a re-run of Big Ange - the original offence just about small enough to brazen through but the lying about it is what will get her.

 

[teriyakiburns]

CALLED IT

Kind of.



They're trying to thread the needle, but they've made clear that it was Reeves' responsibility to apply for the license and that she knew it was her responsibility. She must have been throwing her weight and political connections around to get the agent to suggest they'd apply on her behalf, but I do wonder if the "suddenly resigned" was due to her being a raging cunt and throwing threats at all and sundry. This might give her enough room to wiggle out of the problem, but it shoots down the official story. She knew her responsibilities, but wanted to push them on to someone else.

 

[Clem Fandango]

I do wonder if the "suddenly resigned" was due to her being a raging cunt

That bit does jump out as a bit odd. But the statement does say multiple times that the onus was on her, it was her responsibility.

Any nuance is a bit irrelevant imo. We literally just did this with Ange. The average person's reaction will be "I don't appreciate being ruled by hypocrites who think the rules don't apply to them".

 

[Tragon Dirtle]

And yet somehow I still doubt they will actually do anything or even go as far as saying that "asylum seekers need to go". What has this Government done so far? The pointless one in one out deal? Forced digital ID? Telling the world that we have a long history of free speech, implying that we currently have free speech while people are still being arrested for mild shit they say on Facebook? A retarded economist? Rising energy costs? And I'm sure someone else here could probably go over more stuff that I am frankly too tired to think of at the moment.

With all of that, I think the attitude of this Government is quite clear and it's not one where they are going to eventually start properly listening to the public even in the next few years regardless of how unpopular they are. If they wanted to try they would have started doing so already but all they're currently doing is as someone else said: lip service shit that doesn't even come across as them trying. All so that can appear like they're actually fixing the problem while not even bothering to put a bandage up because THEY DON'T FUCKING WANT TO FIX IT. Half a step forward, 50 bullets to the face and you get raped by a muzzie.

This is a very arrogant and fucking stupid Government belonging to a very arrogant and stupid party and I find it deeply interesting that you think we should at the very least hold out hope and that if given a few years Labour might be able to get it just a tiny bit right out of fear or #notthetories or whatever.

Who knows though maybe I could be the biggest dipshit ever and be wrong. Certainely wouldn't be the first time.

That's fine if you want to think that, but this is about the fiftieth time I've pointed out that Reform are identical to the Tories and people keep whitewashing the tories itt, and none of you actually have a response to that, just more shitting on labour.
One in one out is a deterent scheme, like rwanda was, and while it's only a handful of people that's literally more in 6 months than the tories did with the rwanda scheme at all. Something is better than nothing.

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

what the fuck

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Either this is the sort of synchronicity that you only see in bad movies, or photonic induction reads this thread.

Of all the things I've posted in this thread, this is the one the universe chooses to manifest?

Come on God, Starmer rentboy exposé in tomorrow's Daily Express

 

[Sean Andalou]

American politics, British newspaper (The Times)

British newspaper spoke to the wrong de Blasio, not an ‘imposter’

https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2025/british-newspaper-spoke-to-the-wrong-deblasio-not-an-imposter

The man at the heart of a high-stakes mix-up that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of the New York mayoral campaign was neither “falsely claiming” to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio — as the Times of London suggested — nor, as The New York Times wrote, a “de Blasio impersonator.”

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies. ... “I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor. “So I just gave him my opinion.” ...

 

[Made In Wales]

Reform are what the Tories and Labour used to be - patriotic, socialist, pro Britain and pro work.

Tories and Labour are now just the NWO Cuck party combined.

I reckon Reeves/Labour threatened the agency in Dulwich into conforming with them 'or else'.

Mention of Rayner is interesting, she would love nothing more than to throw Reeves under the bus.

The rent boys might not be the big expose we'll get (yes, we know Starmer did it, but has he also done a lot worse?)

 

[teriyakiburns]

One in one out is a deterent scheme, like rwanda was, and while it's only a handful of people that's literally more in 6 months than the tories did with the rwanda scheme at all. Something is better than nothing.

It's not a deterrent.

One-in one-out migrant who came back to UK in small boat after being deported to France STILL hasn't been kicked out - and the ones who have are vowing to come back too

The rwanda scheme was sabotaged by useful idiots and human rights lawyers. Every single deportation was halted with a court injuction, or by protestors, or by some sort of activist interference. The one-in one-out scheme is also failing, partly for the same reason, but partly because there's no actual mechanism to enforce it. Dumping immigrants in France doesn't place any meaningful barrier to re-entry, especially when - as we see - there is no enforcement if they actually return.

The reason people are so openly mocking Labour in general is because every single act they've taken has made life in this country measurably worse. They have taken the "black hole" the tories allegedly left and made it bigger. They've increased taxes, increased the cost of energy and the cost of living, they are full steam ahead on enforcing oppressive laws that they could easily repeal (Labour wanted the OSA for instance), and they have arrested more people for speech crimes than at any point in history. Labour are taking every bad decision the made and are amplifying it, while also reaching the same level of corruption and graft in a single year as took the tories a decade to manage.

 

[Made In Wales]

As @teriyakiburns rightly says, Labour have only done this to themselves.

They have the audacity to call the Caerphilly result 'wrong' and label both Plaid and Reform as 'dangerous' for daring to oppose them. When Labour think there's no difference between Rhun ap Iorwerth and Nigel Farage then quite frankly they are Niggerspastics of the worst accord.

There's also cackling from the newly crowned 'Political Illiterate' Mark 'Drippy' Drakeford that the d'Hondt method won't allow Reform UK to take power in the Senedd next year. Well, I asked somebody who knows about things like this and his view is that Reform 'can easily' win if they get enough 1st and 2nd choices (as Plaid will not get 3rd choice or worse) and that out of the 96 seats it is currently:

45-50 seats for Reform
40-45 seats for Plaid
1-6 seats for Independents/Gwlad/Greens

NO Labour, NO Tories, NO Lib Dems. Greens to maybe get one MS (probably from the Gower super seat as I can't see them winning anywhere else).

We could get a Hung Parliament, but IMO Reform UK will get a small majority and it will be closer than the Caerphilly by-election.

Therefore, Drakeford (as usual) is full of horseshit - under d'Hondt Reform UK can win (as can Plaid) but one thing is for sure and that is that LibLabCon are dead in Wales.

 

[teriyakiburns]

We could get a Hung Parliament, but IMO Reform UK will get a small majority and it will be closer than the Caerphilly by-election.

Reform in power should do the funniest thing and campaign for Welsh independence. It'll break everyone's minds.

 

[Made In Wales]

Reform in power should do the funniest thing and campaign for Welsh independence. It'll break everyone's minds.

Well, I don't think that Nigel would oppose a vote on it.

Let's be fair, we had a vote on leaving one Union which was deemed problematic, therefore I believe a vote on Welsh, English and Scottish Independence with Reform UK agreeing to a referendum on it would be entirely fair.

It would also stump Plaid as they won't be ready with their figures on Independence for 10+ years.

At the same time, I'd also agree to referendums on:

* The future of the Monarchy (keep/chuck)
* Reunification of Ireland (keep Northern Ireland or let Ireland reunify undoing the 1921 partitioning).

 

[femboy fart huffer]

Reform as 'dangerous' for daring to oppose them

'dangerous' is wanting to not import provably dangerous people. 'dangerous' is wanting to not be stabbed. Honk honk.

 

[Tragon Dirtle]

It's not a deterrent.

One-in one-out migrant who came back to UK in small boat after being deported to France STILL hasn't been kicked out - and the ones who have are vowing to come back too

The rwanda scheme was sabotaged by useful idiots and human rights lawyers. Every single deportation was halted with a court injuction, or by protestors, or by some sort of activist interference. The one-in one-out scheme is also failing, partly for the same reason, but partly because there's no actual mechanism to enforce it. Dumping immigrants in France doesn't place any meaningful barrier to re-entry, especially when - as we see - there is no enforcement if they actually return.

The reason people are so openly mocking Labour in general is because every single act they've taken has made life in this country measurably worse. They have taken the "black hole" the tories allegedly left and made it bigger. They've increased taxes, increased the cost of energy and the cost of living, they are full steam ahead on enforcing oppressive laws that they could easily repeal (Labour wanted the OSA for instance), and they have arrested more people for speech crimes than at any point in history. Labour are taking every bad decision the made and are amplifying it, while also reaching the same level of corruption and graft in a single year as took the tories a decade to manage.

so you also think labour have managed 14 years of destruction in 6 months, which is the point where this discussion started, and you also are ignoring my question about reform. What meaningful barrier from return was there in rwanda that isn't there in france? they have planes.

 

[Clem Fandango]

What meaningful barrier from return was there in rwanda that isn't there in france? they have planes.

Are you retarded? Try getting from Rwanda to the UK in a dinghy.