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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.

 

[Clem Fandango]

I wish...I'm Canadian.

Hence my vague interest in Britcuck affairs.

My condolences.

I went to Canada back in the 90s and it was kinda charming. Canadians seemed like a well-meaning, polite, hobbit-like people. A bit like Icelanders.

Now I understand your Tim Horton's (note to British kiwis - "Tim Hortons" is Canadian for "Greggs") are all full of Pakis.

Despite the others telling you to fuck off, I will extend the hand of friendship. We need to establish the rightful CANZUK order, but only after ridding our lands of all foreign invaders, and, in yours and the Aussies cases, the people that were there first.

 

[EddyRooney]

I wish...I'm Canadian.

Hence my vague interest in Britcuck affairs.

Ha ! And you call us cucked ?! Trudeau and then the prize twat Carney.
I toured there in the late 90's playing rugby. Beautiful country. Bunch of hard bastards. Every game was a fight and every after match dinner was a drinking session until 4 in the morning.
Happy, simpler times.
But what happened to all the men out there.......



Hey guy, I'm not your buddy.

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Titter ye not…

lol, as if. NHS Wales in particular is appalling. The burns unit at Morriston is world class, everything else is third world and has been for decades. The heath has had pigeons in the operating theatre and even twenty years ago it was utterly filthy on the wards, I visited someone there and was so shocked I went out and bought bleach wipes to clean around her bed.

Not just NHS Wales. I’ve been in and out of hospitals for decades and watched the standard of care slide. Last time I was in it was a case of basically look after yourself. If you can’t feed yourself, keep on top of your own meds, and get yourself to the toilet, you’re absolutely stuffed. It’s as if staff members operate completely separately and no-one has a clue what anyone else has done or what the overall care should be. If I hadn’t kept my own meds in my hospital bag (without telling anyone, only way to do it), I’d have been left without one of the tablets for almost 24 hours.

I’d happily give up fancy electronic beds, tvs on portable arms over each bed etc for decent staffing levels and staff that have worked on the ward for more than a week and know what they’re doing. You shouldn’t have to explain basic medical terms to staff, or help them to make a bed because they don’t know how to.

I love the NHS and want it to have a long future here, but there has to be less money wasted on bullshit like pervert cosmetic surgery (“SRS”), treatment for foreign nationals, and god knows how many layers of management that don’t need to be there. And ffs, stop shipping in foreign nurses to use as bank staff for 90% of staffing needs. They’re bloody useless. Staff need stable positions on the same wards for decent lengths of time, to get used to the care.

 

[FedPostalService]

Guys, stay home, save lives, protect R NHS.

 

[teriyakiburns]

The burns unit at Morriston is world class,

Misread that as Morrisons and was rather confused.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

Ha ! And you call us cucked ?! Trudeau and then the prize twat Carney

To be fair Rob Ford was in pretty funny.

 

[Made In Wales]

Misread that as Morrisons and was rather confused.

Morriston is a suburb of Swansea.

There are two main hospitals in Swansea - Morriston and Singleton.

Save the day - Tuesday 13th January is when the petition for a new General Election is debated in Parliament.

 

[>IMPLYING]

Absolutely 100% in agreement.

The 'oh please be kind, be nice' message no longer resonates with people - even with charities advertising on TV the response overall is now 'enough, I no longer care.'

Slowly, the mood is changing - spoke with an EV driver at the shops earlier who is 'beyond angry' with Reeves and Labour and everybody he knows no longer supports them (he regrets giving them his vote back in 2024). He said 'I and others used to care about the environment and doing good, now why should we - we've been hoodwinked, we've been lied to and it hurts badly.'

He mentioned that Environmental Pressure Groups are going to demand Reeves cancels the 3p per mile charge on EV's or there is the chance that she could be directly reported to the ECHR for committing crimes against the environment.

Ironic that Starmer wants to fight to stay in the ECHR when he and his ministers could well be reported to them very soon.

"I don't even see the emotional handwringing of the headlines anymore, 'Dead baby' - Nigerian doctor. 'Technical failure' - Jeet coder. 'Rapist' - Paki."


These headlines just play to platitudes that we need more money for the NHS, more nurses, more doctors, which then feed into pro-immigration narratives too - all of which were overplayed a decade ago with the, "but who'll do the jobs we don't want to do?" argument.

Prestige and perceived international reputation doesn't matter if maintaining our "image" is just prolonging the problems.

I don't think anybody gave a shit pre-cold war how the world thought of their country, and even then it was primarily a concern of leaders. Now we got social media so there's pissing matches between individual people but the rest of the world still doesn't matter; they may as well not exist.

 

[Made In Wales]

Some very early morning GB News bits:

* Face masks could return as health officials issue fresh advice over 'tidal wave' of illness

* Ed Miliband emerges as new favourite to replace Keir Starmer as Labour members back ex-leader to succeed PM

* EU orders Britain to open the floodgates with 'uncapped' youth mobility scheme as Keir Starmer aims to strike deal

* Inside Britain’s ‘catastrophically mismanaged’ prisons where prisoners go missing, rules ignored, and inmates held overtime

* Nigel Farage lauds ‘crucially important moment’ as Reform UK opens bank account with Lloyds

* Wes Streeting’s team 'pressing Angela Rayner to sign up to a joint ticket' for the Labour leadership

* 'You don't get to break into Britain and lecture us on our laws - this is a new low for the BBC,' says Patrick Christys

* Asahi confirms Rachel Reeves's alcohol tax rise will push up pint prices

* Households handed £300 cost of living support to shop at nine major supermarkets

* Labour council to axe Newcastle Clean Air Zone grants next month impacting thousands of petrol and diesel drivers

* WATCH: Briton forced to take down Christmas decorations after neighbour complains about 'offensive' display

* Welsh Wally - Driver who posted 150mph Facebook speeding clip jailed and hit with driving ban - 'Compromise safety'

* Teenager who was killed by car after getting out of an ambulance on M5 was tasered by police before crash

* HSBC bans staff from wearing Christmas jumpers amid fears of 'triggering customers'

* BBC torn apart over Question Time 'ambush' as Zia Yusuf told of migrant audience just 'minutes before' broadcast

* Keir Starmer faces electoral wipeout as Labour's support plummets to 14%

* Labour MP admits 'UK is frankly s**t' for millions of Britons... but doesn't blame Keir Starmer

* 'I didn't mean to offend!' Top Tory finally apologises after comparing Reform supporters to Nazis

* 'I might never trust the Government again' says Harry Dunn's father after failings laid bare in review

* 'Labour is running scared of Reform - they won't accept their support has vanished,' Jacob Rees-Mogg says

* POLL: Is President Trump right to suggest Britain is facing societal collapse?

* 'The Prime Minister has promised to act on Islamophobia, but what does it mean?' Patrick Christys asks

* A national reckoning that has been a long time coming is finally upon us - Stuart Fawcett

* Katie Price calls former partner Dwight Yorke a 'sperm donor' as she says former footballer 'refuses' to see son Harvey

 

[Duane Dibbley]

What guest?

They aren't guests, they're at best squatters. And I've no doubt the congenital problem was caused by one or more of: the parents having lifelong poor nutrition, the parents having chronic disease that was wiped out in the civilised world 100 years ago, a family tree with no branches.

They're squatters because we let the dregs enter an abandoned, run down shit hole that used to be a country.
Back when we were a first world nation, they were guests. We never got any trouble out of the Yugoslavians that came over in the 90s. I'm fairly sure most went back home.

Well yeah, let's not.

If that's an option, then let's not.

Anyone notice this bad flu that is going around seems to be only affecting people who were jabbed? Anecdotal but the people I know who were jabbed have all been hit hard, those who were unjabbed haven't so much has had a sniffle.
Every paki that walks near me seems to be coughing their lungs up as well, where as the africans don't seem to be ill.

 

[BongoMongo]

Anyone notice this bad flu that is going around seems to be only affecting people who were jabbed? Anecdotal but the people I know who were jabbed have all been hit hard, those who were unjabbed haven't so much has had a sniffle.
Every paki that walks near me seems to be coughing their lungs up as well, where as the africans don't seem to be ill.

I'm not jabbed for coof at all,and I had a stinker of a cold recently. That was my fault thought, I went out in cold with wet hair. And it was by no means the flu, it was a cold. I could still get up and about, and a week later I was back to myself again.

Loads of vaxx maxxed getting struck down though, really badly with it. And I know people who are getting the flu jab who are getting sick from that in and of itself.

 

[FedPostalService]

Katie Price calls former partner Dwight Yorke a 'sperm donor' as she says former footballer 'refuses' to see son Harvey

It’s not like Harvey can see him

Anyone notice this bad flu that is going around seems to be only affecting people who were jabbed? Anecdotal but the people I know who were jabbed have all been hit hard, those who were unjabbed haven't so much has had a sniffle.
Every paki that walks near me seems to be coughing their lungs up as well, where as the africans don't seem to be ill.

I was going to get the jab but didn’t because I had been on a binge when they were offering it free in work and didn’t think it wise with a bad hangover. I’m glad I didn’t as everyone else who had it has been off practically dying and I’ve been fine.

I’m not an anti-jab weirdo, because I’m a brave and strong heterosexual man, but it does strike me as weird how many people have been very ill who were jabbed for it.

It could be that they thought the jab would make them safe and they’ve been licking toilet seats, but coupled with their illness and it actually not being effective against this year’s strain I ain’t getting it.

 

[Clem Fandango]

Bah, I'm a vaxtard. I had some overseas trips coming up at the time, and I thought they were going to make it a requirement to go on a plane. In the end, I don't think they ever did? So I got properly conned. At least my son is a pureblood though.

 

[FedPostalService]

Bah, I'm a vaxtard. I had some overseas trips coming up at the time, and I thought they were going to make it a requirement to go on a plane. In the end, I don't think they ever did? So I got properly conned. At least my son is a pureblood though.

I needed it to travel as I couldn't get into a bunch of countries at the time without evidence I had it.

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

Bah, I'm a vaxtard. I had some overseas trips coming up at the time, and I thought they were going to make it a requirement to go on a plane. In the end, I don't think they ever did? So I got properly conned. At least my son is a pureblood though.

That’s how they got me too. Don’t get me wrong, it was the best trip I’ve ever been on, but if I’d stayed stubborn I wouldn’t have had those two doses.

 

[Cloaca Rimjob]

Sure this was 2 years ago

You were really scraping the barrel for a reason to post in this thread

 

[Eekum Bokum]

Is any politician or party actually running on getting rid of the online safety act or has everyone forgotten about it and were going to stuck with it for the rest of our lives?

 

[FedPostalService]

Is any politician or party actually running on getting rid of the online safety act or has everyone forgotten about it and were going to stuck with it for the rest of our lives?

Reform are, they hint they they're pro-free speech.

This is Conservative legislation cheered on and implemented by Labour. The Conservatives, rather than saying the speech laws are a mistake when it's arresting people for stupid reasons, think the answer is that the police shouldn't enforce the law when it's politically inconvenient rather than scrapping those laws.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

News time

BBC did a special Quesiton Time around immigration and specifically invited illegal immigrants to be part of the audience. Anyone who's heard the average Question Time audience knows it's rigged but confirmation is nice.

https://archive.ph/nwJol

The BBC’s Question Time programme has been accused of “planting” small boat migrants in the audience of its “immigration special”.
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s director of policy, claimed the broadcaster had deliberately placed “illegal migrants” in the crowd to discuss the small boats crisis in the Channel.
Fiona Bruce, the Question Time host, invited an Afghan man to describe how he had tried to claim asylum in Turkey, North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Austria and Germany before coming to Britain.
Another migrant – a man from Iran – backed the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on the programme. He claimed that withdrawing from the treaty would harm “ordinary people” in Britain when invited to share his thoughts on immigration.

In a post on X, Mr Yusuf said: “Incredibly, the BBC planted multiple illegal migrants in the audience of Question Time’s immigration special. One said his asylum application had been rejected in SIX countries and so he came to Britain by small boat.”


The BBC is already facing scrutiny following the publication of a dossier on impartiality by The Telegraph in November.
The corporation is also under renewed attack from Nigel Farage, Reform’s leader, after he accused the broadcaster of hypocrisy on Thursday after one of its presenters questioned his “relationship” with Adolf Hitler.
During a segment on the migrant crisis, Ms Bruce said there were several men in the audience who “came over on small boats and are former asylum seekers”.
She invited one of the men, who came to the UK from Iran, to share his thoughts on the discussion.
He responded: “Let me say something first, I just want to clear [up] that leaving the [ECHR] doesn’t just affect the migrants. It would give ordinary people one less core [way] to protect their rights.”

The man went on to mention the “peace settlement in Northern Ireland” and risks to “our security co-operation”.

​

Reacting to the segment on social media, Mr Yusuf said: “So on Question Time tonight, the BBC asked a question of an Iranian illegal migrant in the audience.
“His ‘question’ was him reading from his phone a list of reasons why Britain should *not* withdraw from the ECHR. He even mentioned the Northern Ireland Protocol!”
In the exchange with the Afghan migrant on Question Time, Ms Bruce asked the man if he tried to claim asylum in other countries before coming to the UK.
He said: “I [applied] for asylum, I was a refugee, and I passed many [interviews] in different countries.”
Pressed on where he tried to settle, he said: “My first interview was in Turkey, and the second was in Macedonia, in Serbia, in Romania, Austria, and recently in Germany. But [I ended] here.”
He added: “These [countries] just [rejected] me, and they didn’t accept me.”
Asked why he made the journey on his own, he said: “Everybody knows my country is not safe for us. We have a war about 15 years.”
Ms Bruce then challenged Mr Yusuf on whether he thought someone in that situation “shouldn’t be able to come” to the UK.
He replied: “I don’t know enough about that particular individual’s story.
“In terms of broad strokes, let me be clear. If you’re entering a war zone, it’s generally men first. If you’re fleeing a war zone, it’s generally women and children first. And the vast majority of the people coming to this country via the English Channel illegally are men. That is a statistical fact.

“When people talk about language, I don’t know what language people are objecting to. I’m dealing with statistics. I’m dealing with data, and I think that’s a sensible way to formulate policy. And I think we should use language clearly.”
Pressed on whether that would include people like the man from Afghanistan, he said: “Absolutely. If you are in this country illegally, let me be crystal clear, if Nigel Farage is our next prime minister – and that’s obviously what we’re working to deliver – if you’re in this country illegally, you will be deported back to the country from which you came.
“Over 170,000 people have arrived in this country illegally since 2018, most of that work was done by the Tories, sadly, and that is more people than arrived on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
“I have used the word invasion before, and people might object to that term. But the dictionary definition of an invasion is an unwanted incursion into a space of land, and I don’t know what to describe it – 170,000 people arriving.

“By the way, what are the countries from which they are coming? They’re coming from Syria, they’re coming from Afghanistan, they’re coming from Iraq, they are coming from Iran, not countries that have a track record of having Britain’s interest at heart.”

Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative Party chairman, said the BBC’s decision to invite asylum seekers onto the programme sounded “inappropriate and wrong”.
Asked by GB News what he made of the choice, he said: “I didn’t see the programme or the context it was in, but our responsibility is to the citizens of this country, and as politicians we appear on programmes like Question Time and others. And so to me, it sounds inappropriate and wrong.
“The people in the audience and the people sat at home are the people we should be talking to, are the people who vote for us and expect us to implement our policy agendas. Those are [the] kind of people that really we should be focused upon.”
A BBC spokesman said: “As immigration continues to be a primary concern for people in the UK, Question Time held a special episode in Dover with panellists from across the political spectrum and a local audience with a range of views and experiences.

“Over 20 audience members asked questions and contributed to the debate – including two people with direct experience of the asylum system in the UK who have been granted refugee status.”
It is understood that all parties represented on the Question Time panel were told there would be people who had been through the asylum system in the audience.

School tries to equate Reform with Fascism.

https://archive.ph/cWoFs

A school has apologised after a photo of Reform UK MP Lee Anderson was placed close to fascists Sir Oswald Mosley and Benito Mussolini on a wall display about political ideologies.
The MP said the display, at Quarrydale Academy in his Ashfield constituency, was an example of "children being radicalised" and "an insult to millions of British people".
The school has not clarified whether the arrangement was put together by pupils or staff, but said it had been intended to "prompt discussion about how political ideas are classified".
Head teacher Tim Paling said the display had now been removed and the school was sorry for any offence or distress caused.
Anderson has been Ashfield's MP since 2019, originally as a Conservative before he defected to Reform UK in March 2024.
On his Facebook page, he shared an image of the display at the school in Sutton-in-Ashfield showing the terms "extreme right-wing", "fascism" and "Nazi Party" with images of Sir Oswald Mosley, Benito Mussolini and Marine Le Pen arranged around it - and then Anderson and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage immediately to their left.
It prompted Anderson to ask education minister Georgia Gould in the House of Commons whether she agreed it should have been part of the Year 9 curriculum.
She responded there were strict rules around political impartiality in the education system and all schools were expected to apply them.

In a statement issued in response to concerns, school head teacher Mr Paling said: "The display was a visual aid and intended to prompt discussion about how political ideas are classified in historical contexts.
"However, we recognise that the placement of certain contemporary political figures within this display could be considered inappropriate or easily misinterpreted. Therefore a decision was made to remove the display.
"The school is reviewing how political and historical content is presented in lessons to ensure that context is always clear and that no materials can be misconstrued or cause offence.
"Quarrydale Academy would like to apologies for any concerns, offence or distress this situation may have caused."

Further attempts to eliminate any sort of ability to defend against rape allegations. #BelieveAllWomen (except white ones being raped by non-white men)

https://archive.ph/lPehZ

Rape victims will no longer be depicted as serial liars in courtrooms in England and Wales as part of the biggest shake-up “in a generation”, the Guardian can reveal.
New measures will stop the “profound injustice” of victims being questioned, sometimes without warning, about past rapes that they have reported to the police, said David Lammy, the justice secretary.

Lammy, who on Tuesday announced jury trials would be scrapped for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years, said too many rape victims left the criminal justice system feeling like they had been put on trial, with defence barristers using sensitive details of past relationships and abuse to discredit them.
He said: “That is a profound injustice, and it has driven far too many women and girls out of the justice system altogether. This must stop, and our new reforms will ensure that survivors are not demonised for the abuse they have suffered.”

Under new laws, “bad character” evidence related to a victim’s past sexual history or abuse will no longer be allowed, unless lawyers have evidence to suggest a complainant has previously lied. Previous compensation claims for experiences of crime by victims will be banned under similar conditions.
The changes will make it easier for prosecuting barristers to introduce “bad character” evidence about defendants in domestic abuse cases. New legislation, expected to be put before parliament next year, will mean a domestic abuse offence of any type – even if against a different victim – will be admissible in court.
The measures come a day after the government announced £550m of funding for victim support, which it said would help rape complainants by formalising special measures such as companions for victims, the use of courtroom screens and the court’s power to pre-record evidence.
The move is designed to encourage complainants to keep faith in the criminal justice system, which Lammy has described as on the “brink of total collapse”. Official projections suggest the crown court backlog could reach more than 105,000 cases by March 2029, and reports of trials now being listed as far away as 2030.
Rape victims, who are waiting up to four years for a court date in some cases, are abandoning trials in record numbers. According to an analysis by the Criminal Bar Association, published in the Observer, victims and witnesses abandoned five times more cases in 2024 than before the pandemic.
Alex Davies-Jones, the minister for violence against women and girls, said the shake-up was a key part of the government’s mission to halve violence against women in a decade.
She said: “This is probably the biggest [change] in how victims experience trials for a generation. It’s about making sure that victims are giving the best evidence possible, they don’t feel like they are the ones on trial and they are able to see justice being done.”
Prof Katrin Hohl, the government’s independent adviser on sexual violence, said the new measures would help keep “the focus where it belongs” instead of “over-focusing on the credibility of the victim”.
Asked if current laws around violence against women and girls were misogynistic, she said: “Parts of it, yes. For example, this practice.”
She added: “I think somewhere in there is an admission that some of the law we currently have is based on deeply problematic beliefs about sexual violence. It’s a recognition that some of our law is shaped by myth and misconceptions, and we need to fix that. Admitting that is a big step.”
The move was welcomed by campaigners, who have lobbied for a change in laws to provide greater protection for victims.
Maxime Rowson, the head of policy at Rape Crisis England and Wales, said that with half of rape survivors experiencing sexual violence more than once in their lifetime, current laws meant they could be penalised for their own vulnerability and the failures of the state.
She said: “If implemented well, we hope this new law will mean an end to women being undermined and cross-examined on irrelevant and unrelated past experiences.”

​

Penelope* had steeled herself for her court appearance after telling police that her ex-partner, a man nearly twice her age, had raped and coercively controlled her.
But she had no way of preparing herself for the moment that her ex-partner’s barrister asked her, without warning, about the sexual abuse her father had inflicted upon her as a child.
“I just absolutely froze, and I didn’t really know what to do,” she said. “I asked the judge ‘do I need to answer this?’ and she just told me to answer the question.”
During the trial at a magistrates court, during which her ex-partner was facing a charge of coercive control but not rape, she had already been asked about buying sex toys and told she “loved sex”. At no point did the prosecuting barrister from the Crown Prosecution Service intervene, she said.
“I just froze, and my heart just started beating, and I went completely cold,” she said. “I just felt so vulnerable and so in shock. I didn’t feel like I could answer many questions after that.”
She had never spoken about the abuse, except with her ex-partner and said she was grateful that her mother was not watching. The ex-partner who she says abused her, was acquitted.
Penelope hopes a change in the law, which will ban barristers from asking about past complaints, whether or not they lead to a conviction, will stop other complainants having to go through similarly “horrendous” experiences. “It will absolutely help other survivors of abuse,” she said.

Another Green councillor supporting Hamas. Green party naturally stand by him.

https://archive.ph/O2OAW

A Green Party councillor and chair of one of the region's biggest mosques faces a possible three-year charity suspension imposed by the Charity Commission after sharing a social media post about the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel.
Abdul Malik was suspended as chair of Easton Mosque earlier this month. The Charity Commission's ruling would prevent him being a trustee of any charity.
The investigation relates to a Facebook post from October 2023, which contained a video from Hamas about its attack on Israel earlier that month.
Mr Malik initially claimed he had been tagged in the post, before admitting he had shared it. He told the BBC he is appealing his suspension.

His supporters claim the Charity Commission's investigation is "disproportionate".
Mr Malik, who is also a magistrate, received a formal warning from the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office in February 2025 for "serious misconduct" over the post.
It found that "his initial denial of responsibility… compounded the damage caused by the initial sharing of the post."
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Malik said he accepts "100%" that the delay in taking responsibility made the situation worse, but also said he has "no reason to regret" not owning up sooner, because he "didn't realise" what had happened.
"Ultimately it was showing on my timeline, it should not have been showing on my timeline," he added.
The 7 October attacks saw approximately 5,000 gunmen from Hamas and other Palestinian groups break through the border fence around Gaza and attack nearby communities and the Nova music festival.
An estimated 1,200 people were killed, and more than 250 taken back to Gaza as hostages.

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A post on Mr Malik's social media timeline last week claimed he was being "targeted by the Zionist lobby".
Lord Mann, the independent advisor to the UK government on antisemitism, described that language as "unacceptable", and suggested Mr Malik was "digging a deeper hole for himself".
Asked about the phrase "Zionist lobby" by the BBC, Mr Malik said he had not put the post on his page.
"It's not written by me, somebody is propagating that message, I do not stand with that message," he said.
"It's really important that people's views don't always constitute what I think," he added. "Some people think there is a Zionist lobby that is pursuing this."

Shortly after the BBC interview, a message was sent to a community WhatsApp group from Mr Malik's phone number.
Underneath a screenshot of a Jewish Chronicle article, the message said: "Latest from the "Jewish News/Chronicle" who feel offended that my supporters (or me) have used the words "Zionist lobby" on our publicity."
Asked why he wrote "or me", Mr Malik said it was because "the media are saying its me".
"I've been clear it's not me, it's the group who have done the publicity of the meeting," he added.
The Jewish Chronicle was established by the British Jewish community in the late 19th Century and is thought to be the oldest continuously-published Jewish newspaper in the world.
A member of Bristol's Jewish communities said that social media has become "increasingly toxic" and leaders should use it "with extreme caution."
"Everyone in a position of leadership has a responsibility to choose langauge carefully", they added.
Asked whether the language in the post - which has since been removed from his page - was wrong, Mr Malik said he "can't comment".

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More than 1,000 people have signed a petition in support of Mr Malik, which argues that the Charity Commission's investigation "appears disproportionate".
Campaigners argue the decision to suspend Mr Malik "followed serious pressure from a prominent Zionist newspaper, the Jewish Chronicle, renowned for targeting public figures who advocate for Palestinian rights".
When questioned by the BBC, Mr Malik acknowledged that the Charity Commission's investigation "has nothing to do about Palestine".
But he said the Muslim community is under "huge scrutiny" and being made to be "answerable for matters that wouldn't normally be considered for any other community".
Mr Malik says the campaign supporting him was set up by "really close friends". He has repeatedly shared the petition and spoke at a community meeting about his cause.
A Charity Commission spokesperson said: "We have an ongoing regulatory compliance case into Easton Jamia Masjid to assess concerns regarding a trustee's personal use of social media.
"As part of this case, we can confirm that we have suspended Abdul Malik as a trustee".
Green Party deputy leader Mothin Ali has released a video saying the party is "fully backing" Mr Malik.
In the video Mr Ali said that "any punitive measures that authorities take against him are discriminatory".
"They're targeting him for his activism," Mr Ali added.
The BBC has contacted the Jewish Chronicle for comment.

Maccabi evidence used to justify the ban was exaggerated. Including for some daft reason making up a match that happened?

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Evidence cited by police which led to the controversial banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa was based on facts changed to fit a decision, a group of MPs has heard.
The government's independent adviser on antisemitism, Lord Mann, told the Home Affairs Committee he "struggled" with some "inaccurate" details given by the West Midlands force.
Some of the evidence "conflated" different things in regard to a fixture against Ajax in Amsterdam, he said, giving one example of running street battles that did not occur on a match day.
Chief Constable Craig Guildford told the committee the decision to ban fans "wasn't taken lightly".
"We have taken a careful approach," he told MPs, adding: "We haven't made anything fit."

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were prohibited from attending the 6 November game at Villa Park in Birmingham, a decision that was later reviewed.
The police evaluation was based primarily on information given to the force by Dutch police commanders ahead of the game, the MPs heard.
But Lord Mann argued segregation of the fans would have been an "easier, better" solution.
He said the police report cited Maccabi fans in the Netherlands "pulling down Palestinian flags" on match day, when it was one flag the night before the game.
The report also referred to multiple incidents against taxi drivers, he said, when there was one incident.
"I think what you're saying is the facts slightly changed to fit the decision," he was asked by one MP.
"Right. Correct. Yes," Lord Mann replied.

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Assistant Chief Constable Mike O'Hara and West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster were also questioned about their decision-making.
The match, policed by more than 700 officers, passed off without serious disorder and only a handful of arrests, following the decision on the ban by the city's Safety Advisory Group (SAG), a panel that includes Birmingham City Council as well as police.
Lord Mann also highlighted an error in the West Midlands Police intelligence report which referenced a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and West Ham, which had never happened, he said.
The chief constable admitted that had ended up in the report "due to a social media post".
The ban was the "best way to minimise the risks" to the local community, players and fans, said Mr O'Hara.
"Had we allowed the fans and it had gone wrong I feel that I would be sitting here again anyway."

West Midlands Police chiefs have been giving evidence to the Home Affairs Committee
In the wake of the ban, the prime minister criticised the move, saying "we will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets" and that the role of police was "to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation".
Asked by MPs if he thought it was appropriate for the government to comment on operational decisions, the chief constable said politicians "should freely be allowed to express their views.
"But from an operational policing perspective sometimes when views are expressed quite publicly, particularly where views are given when, let's say, all the facts haven't been briefed in detail, sometimes... reporting it can increase tension and it can increase the level of threat and risk."
But, he added "on the contrary it can also serve to decrease reporting and decrease the level of threat and risk".
"We work in an environment where we work online 24/7 and we police in that way, we have to be able to respond accordingly."

Not mentioned in the article is that the conversation with the Dutch police was unrecorded and featured a single officer in the UK and three overseas ones. I do wonder about the name of the UK officer.

https://archive.ph/lKKBG

He also admitted the bulk of the contentious report was based on an 'unrecorded' conversation that took place on October 1 between a West Midlands chief inspector and three Dutch counterparts who had been involved in policing a match involving Maccabi a year earlier, in Amsterdam.

The officer's retelling of that conversation, set out in an email much later, was a turning point that led to the ban, Guildford told the committee.

The descriptions of violence included in the subsequent West Midlands report included alleged attacks on multiple taxi drivers, racist chants about Gaza children and death to Arabs, of innocent people being 'thrown in the river', and running street battles through Amsterdam, with 5,000 officers deployed over three to four days.


This had convinced him to reconsider safety around the game, he told MPs. It was a turning point, he told them.

But he also admitted there was no attempt to further check into those descriptions and claims from Dutch officers.

The government's advisor on antisemitism, Lord Mann, fiercely criticised the West Midlands report, saying the intel included was wildly different to official police findings and his own report into the game, which had been well policed.

Even so, Guildford maintained he had 'complete trust' in its integrity. Asked if that meant the police, Mann and others must be lying, Guildford said it was possible for both to be correct.

The Home Affairs Committee chair, Karen Bradley, said to Guildford: "You must have known this would be a deeply controversial decision. Why did you not do more due diligence on the information provided?"


In response, Guildford and O'Hara both maintained they had liaised with the UK's overarching football policing unit and sought intelligence from multiple sources including local communities and online, as well as by speaking to Amsterdam officers direct.

The committee raised a Sunday Times report last week that had cited Amsterdam police officials also slating the West Midlands force's version of events.

Assistant chief constable O'Hara told the committee that the Dutch had since backpedalled on those comments. He claimed they had since issued a new statement that backed up the West Midlands' version of events, telling MPs they had 'naysayed' some of the Times report.


"They are under a lot of pressure from city hall...they did not recognise (some of the Sunday Times article)...they seem rather apologetic to us as a force and are trying to provide something meaningful and accurate.

"There is definitely some interpretation about what happened in Amsterdam," he said.

But he maintained that Dutch police had told their officer that they never wanted Maccabi fans to return to Amsterdam.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

It could be that they thought the jab would make them safe and they’ve been licking toilet seats, but coupled with their illness and it actually not being effective against this year’s strain I ain’t getting it.

Every paki that walks near me seems to be coughing their lungs up as well, where as the africans don't seem to be ill

Emphasis mine.