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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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Whats with the English and losing their shit when it's get slightly colder than normal?

Like seriously what's wrong with you lot?
 
LXXVII Brigade said:
Whats with the English and losing their shit when it's get slightly colder than normal?

Like seriously what's wrong with you lot?
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It's because Britain is in such a middle of the extremes. It's not the frozen wilds of Alaska so we don't prepare for it seriously with snow tyres or getting in lots of supplies or anything like that. But it's also not balmy Southern Europe so we still get affected by it.

Basically, every year Winter happens and every Winter the British are surprised by it.

FedPostalService said:
Откуда вы, люди, берёте уголь?
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What is it with some people the moment you give a view that is anything other than "Russia shithole no toilets", they freak out and call you a Russian simp? Are you American or something?

And to answer your question (once I ran it through a translator), I don't know - the bag doesn't say.
 
LXXVII Brigade said:
Whats with the English and losing their shit when it's get slightly colder than normal?

Like seriously what's wrong with you lot?
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Because anything other than miserable grey rain is about as rare as an honest politician. You have to understand that rain but white and fluffy is the most exciting thing that the sky can do. To an Englishman anything other than rain is like a mcdonalds to an american or a tub of lawry's to black one. I mean what's the point in living if you can't appreciate the beauty of nature? If you can't just go outside and listen to the birds or look at the moon and stars or the snow and that shit then I think you are subhuman really.

Or if you mean in terms of everything shutting down it's because the lowest average temperature for the entire country is still just about above freezing. We get freezing temperatures but no monthly average is below freezing so there's no point in preparing for it. At most you'll get a week straight of below freezing and even then that's only lows, it is incredibly rare for more than a couple days in a row to have peaks below 0. Why bother worrying about that? It's the same as summer, you'll get a week or two that go into the mid-high 30s but you just shut up and let it pass on it's own because it's not worth paying thousands to get an ac installed for a single digit number of uses per year. Or let's just ask the simple question, if the council cannot fix a pothole in 12 months do you think they can get snowploughs organised and working without funneling all the money to their own banks?
 
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>It's 2028
>You go to your local Tesco with your ID card to pick up your 15 minute internet ration
>The agent takes a look at you and says that you've luckily not been subjected to interrogation today
>You go home and type in the 54 digit alphanumeric code
>You're greeted with the login screen that requires you to use your webcam to show your ID again, better to be safe than sorry.
>You are finally on the internet with a choice of two links, BBC news and Curated Content
>You have a quick read through of how Labour are currently at 103% satisfaction in opinion polls, before reading an article from Culture Secretary Ahmed Al Shazah about how to enjoy reading in accordance with Islamic teachings
>Thoroughly satisfied with news you click on the curated content link to see photos of cats in pyjamas
>While loading image 6 the internet cuts off.

That was nice, I can't wait to get back on the internet next month :)
 
They were once men said:
Damn withwhat ships?
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Well, if you ignore the debacle that is the type 45, the coastal patrol boats, and boaty mcboatface, the RN has about 20 active vessels capable of such a mission. There's probably 8 of the surface fleet in UK waters right now (not counting the carriers) that could take part. It's not up to the standards of the Americans, but it's enough to lay on a decent interception operation against Russian ships out of the baltic, especially if we cooperate with the French... never mind, I think I see the problem.

Chicken of the woods said:
Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says
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Turns out there's no substitute for self control.

I do wonder, however, if this might also be the result of a squeeze on discretionary spending these days. A steak bake isn't a necessity and also isn't exactly cheap. Plus the effect of selling their baked goods in Iceland and other frozen aisles is bound to be affecting their footfall. For comparison, Thorntons used to have their own shops as well, but then started cannibalising their sales by selling selection boxes in supermarkets. Next thing you know, Thorntons shops are all gone and you can't get a dozen champagne truffles in a little bag any more.

Overly Serious said:
Basically, every year Winter happens and every Winter the British are surprised by it.
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Summer, too. We never should have stepped out of our swamps. Bloody Romans and their so-called civilisation...

The reality is, this is a damp island with a maritime climate. Even relatively small temperature changes feel huge because of the humidity effect. The positive side is that we're well-adapted to colder than average weather even if the average british driver loses his marbles when the road turns white. It's not unusual for people to walk around in shorts in sub-zero weather. At least, not round my way.

femboy fart huffer said:
Because anything other than miserable grey rain is about as rare as an honest politician.
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I love miserable grey rain. Wife has never really quite grasped the joy to be found in slogging over the hills in the kind of penetrating drizzle that can't be called a fog only because you can just about see the individual drops. Come home from that to a warm house and a nice cup of tea and you really appreciate everything you have.
 
LXXVII Brigade said:
Whats with the English and losing their shit when it's get slightly colder than normal?

Like seriously what's wrong with you lot?
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Englishman on a bad weather day:

'I say, Carruthers, this is not tickedyboo at all!'


Welshman on a bad weather day:

'Seen worse years ago!'


Anyway, U-turn Reeves is trying to beg the Pubs not to turn against Labour by caving in to them:




What's the next thing they'll cave in on?

* The EU
* Potentially cancelling the English Council Elections
* War with Russia
* Starmer as leader

This is a joke Government and not a funny one either.

Edit:

Pre Bed news items:


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Speaking of chickens and how 'fowl' Labour are... 'Chickens have come home to roost!' Kemi Badenoch delivers brutal Labour takedown as Rachel Reeves poised to U-turn on pub tax hikes




Rachel Reeves branded ‘ethno nationalist’ after being accused of ‘equating black Britons to foreigners’




Nigel Farage to unveil 'Shadow Cabinet' as Reform leader set to make major announcement in just days




Nigel Farage blasts BBC as Reform UK files formal complaint over 'planted audience member'




'How was this allowed to happen?' Top Tory grilled on vacant Dartmoor prison costing £4million a YEAR: 'Waste of taxpayer money!'




Holocaust survivor's bench 'smashed and dumped in frozen lake in antisemitic hate crime'




‘Stop Reform’ plot risks victory for hard-left if Nigel Farage doesn't 'Unite the Right', MP warns




National Trust accused of turning famed beauty spot at Studland, Dorset, into 'horrible eyesore'




‘Collapsing before our eyes!’ Watch Matt Goodwin’s scathing Labour verdict amid further polling woes




Benefits fraudster from Barry, South Wales, spared jail after taking £28,000 in taxpayer cash despite inheriting £121,000




The Met's diversity drive let in this rapist. Imagine what HR managers are hiding? - Kelvin MacKenzie


 
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It's not unusual for people to walk around in shorts in sub-zero weather. At least, not round my way.
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Tbf the second you actually start walking you do not feel any cold at all. It can be snowing and I will still come home sweating. Idk if you're cold just fucking walk faster retard.
 
Made In Wales said:
That's just your 'huffed farts' going in the wrong direction, good sir.
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No femboy would survive this weather. Even with the cold resistant English genes their dogshit amazon basics clothing would provide negative insulation and the metal chastity cage would get so cold their cock would get frostbit fall off, they will finally have the bbc of their dreams, even if it is more purple and not exactly big. Like that one Irish kid talking about getting frostbit, this guy he's actually talking about how many amazon basics skirts and crusty thigh highs he scraped off the roads, he was giving us a warning just no one could understand it.
 
teriyakiburns said:
I love miserable grey rain.
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British weather is the best weather in the world. Fifty types of drizzle that soak you and make your hair frizzy. Soft gentle rain that makes everything green. Just enough cold and warm to be interesting but generally cool and mild.
Overly Serious said:
I got a sack of coal in before the cold snap and though I normally just use wood if I want the fire lit for an evening, I am tempted to break out the coal as it really warms the place and I love the glow. Something very British about coal.
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Real coal kicks out some serious heat. Wood is nice too, and atmospheric, but coal beats it for warmth. At least you have warmth if the weather gets really bad. I am going to aim to get the stove on this weekend I think.
FedPostalService said:
Откуда вы, люди, берёте уголь?
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Not everyone is a Russian bot.
LXXVII Brigade said:
Whats with the English and losing their shit when it's get slightly colder than normal?

Like seriously what's wrong with you lot?
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We enjoy it. You need to understand that not only do we love the weather we love complaining about the weather. Discussing the weather. Opining about the weather. Weather related chit chat is the lifeblood of British small talk. Four seasons in one day is the British weather reality, and though we may complain we secretly love it. When you go live abroad and have the same weather for weeks in end it’s so depressing.
teriyakiburns said:
We never should have stepped out of our swamps. Bloody Romans and their so-called civilisation...
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Chunky Salsa said:
After reading about how the druids did living bog sacrifices. I do winder if the Romans were just watching a bunch of drugged and helpless people get slowly digested by the bog against their will and were like "Fascinating!"
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When you're diving or just swimming, if you stay still for a bit you build up a small layer of warm water around you. Same principle as a wetsuit. So if it's a cold British day and you want to stay warm, and if it's a bog or lake and therefore the water is mostly still, sitting in one to stay warm might make sense.

I haven't tried this because I have buildings to stay warm in instead. But maybe the Romans just didn't appreciate the benefits. Plus if you're some ancient Briton whose clothing often consists of woad body painting, you don't have to worry about soggy clothes either.
 
Overly Serious said:
When you're diving or just swimming, if you stay still for a bit you build up a small layer of warm water around you. Same principle as a wetsuit. So if it's a cold British day and you want to stay warm, and if it's a bog or lake and therefore the water is mostly still, sitting in one to stay warm might make sense.
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Bogs also tend to be warmer in general, because of all the decaying biomass.
 
Personally I hope if the UK bans X that Trump cuts off all US web services to the UK. The initial 24 hours where it sinks in EXACTLY how fucked everything is would be glorious.
 
Power cuts all over the country, it seems. The news keeps referencing figures from National Grid, who despite the name only supply the midlands, south wales, and the south west, but suffice to say the numbers aren't great. These cuts are caused by the storm damaging infrastructure rather than overload, but overload is still a distinct possibility. All the interconnects are pegged, meaning we're sucking in as much power as we can from the continent. Wind is currently providing about 11GW of power, despite having an installed capacity of over 30 - the wind is too strong to run them safely. Demand is dangerously close to the maximum production capacity. I'm starting to wish I'd got my house battery built out faster...
 
teriyakiburns said:
Power cuts all over the country, it seems. The news keeps referencing figures from National Grid, who despite the name only supply the midlands, south wales, and the south west, but suffice to say the numbers aren't great. These cuts are caused by the storm damaging infrastructure rather than overload, but overload is still a distinct possibility. All the interconnects are pegged, meaning we're sucking in as much power as we can from the continent. Wind is currently providing about 11GW of power, despite having an installed capacity of over 30 - the wind is too strong to run them safely. Demand is dangerously close to the maximum production capacity. I'm starting to wish I'd got my house battery built out faster...
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I encourge every fucker to have everything on charge for when the shitstorm happens, a few fully charged AA or AAA batteries are a godsend and having SOME form of entertainment while freezing under 40 blankets can not be understated.

Also be able to work out where the fuck your candles are kept and bring them out. Also clear anything off your floors as you never know when a blackout happens and that box you haven't broken down is still there waiting for you to bash your foot on.
 
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