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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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Otterly said:
You often find that people with genuine disabilities resist being labelled as such and dont milk the system.
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System also makes it fucking impossible for them to apply for stuff. You wait months to hear back from some third party company who will send a nog round your house to ask if you're really missing a leg. Mean while a bit of being sad and you have your blue badge and PIP on the way no problem.

I was laughing at the zoomers bring nostalgia for the 90s in another thread. Little shits never woke up to watch Big Breakfast then switched over to ITV for Power rangers and Pokemon. If you were lucky you could get some Win, Lose or Draw afterwards. I was never much for a big breakfast but I think I could make an exception in this case. They don't make telly like they used to.

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Too many people ITT are politicianphillic, absolutely disgusting :melchett:
Morethanabitfoolish said:
Retiring on full salary. Looks like some of the lobby groups are taking the attitude that the person who was above him should be sacked since the guy should not have been allowed to retire.
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He's the designated fall guy; the media pieces about it have all been 100% all in on it all being all his fault so don't ask any questions he's the one who did it ignore everything else it was HIM. This is just his reward for going along with it, the refusal to resign and big guffaw about not quitting last week was only the build up, the mechanism that enabled this (BROWNS) remains in place.
 
Otterly said:
The amount of thirst in this thread is getting ridiculous. @Made In Wales please come back so you can all be gay again instead of lusting over liz truss and Liza tarbuck’s ample cleavages.
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Tarbuck is the light to cleanse the degenerate filth of Truss. There's a line and a man cannot stoop to politicians or shop keepers. Imagine waking up and finding your son had a copy of the Daily Express under his bed with Truss on the cover. You would get the belt out..


Clem Fandango said:
Seriously.

@Kofi Drinka get out of here, Google "big boob milf" and go to the images tab, have a hand shandy and come back with a clear head. It's getting out of hand
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What is a hand shandy? Do you usually drink your shandy with your feet or something?

I did look through the Daily mail to post some funny stories but it's January. It's all slimming advice for fat cows, children being raped/murdered and Trump. There's nothing interesting to post.
 
Cabinet Ministers are urging Keir Starmer to fire Streeting. "What he's doing is so obvious, he is repeatedly breaching collective responsibility, he is attacking Number 10, he is undermining all of us"
Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls from cabinet ministers to sack Wes Streeting for disloyalty amid deepening splits in his top team.
Ministers are increasingly frustrated by Streeting’s forthright public pronouncements and are privately accusing him of putting his leadership ambitions before the party.
One cabinet minister said Starmer needed to learn from Kemi Badenoch, who this week sacked Robert Jenrick in a pre-emptive strike. They said of Streeting: “What he’s doing is so obvious, he is repeatedly breaching collective responsibility, he is attacking No 10, he is undermining all of us. The [parliamentary Labour Party] don’t like what he is doing, they would back [the prime minister] if he acted.”
Another cabinet minister said the behaviour of Streeting’s allies was “wild”. “Everyone knows he has MPs from the 2024 intake telling anyone who’ll listen that it’s time to get rid of Keir and make Wes PM instead,” they said. “It’s wild behaviour. If he doesn’t bring it to a head, he’ll have to be brought to heel.”

A third cabinet minister said: “Wes is exactly the same as he was when he was 18 … If he doesn’t become Labour prime minister he will tell himself his entire life has been a failure. Everything he’s doing now is in pursuit of that aim. Has he been pushing the boundary of what’s acceptable? Yes.”
A spokesman for Streeting said: “It’s a real shame that Keir’s so-called allies are briefing against Wes yet again, when they should be talking about the second biggest fall in waiting lists in 15 years, and ambulances arriving 15 minutes faster with Labour.
“Given Reform and the Tories are at each other’s throats right now this briefing is also incredibly stupid. Wes is delivering real change in the NHS, and is out there making the case for Keir and for Labour.”
A No 10 source said Streeting was doing a “great job as health secretary” and was a “key player in the team”.
Streeting has become increasingly outspoken in voicing his concerns about the direction of the government. In November he accused Starmer of presiding over a “toxic culture” in No 10 after allies of the prime minister briefed against him. Last month he said the government risked presenting itself as the “maintenance department for the country”.
This week he made a series of interventions, arguing in one speech that the government needed to “get it right first time” after a succession of U-turns, in comments that were interpreted as an attack on Starmer by colleagues.

He subsequently called for a ban on social media for under-16s during the broadcast round, going significantly further than the government’s official position.
During the cabinet meeting on Tuesday a succession of ministers rallied round Starmer. Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, said that they needed to form a “praetorian guard” around the prime minister and set aside “personal ambition”. Five other cabinet ministers also came to Starmer’s defence. Streeting did not respond.
Starmer has warned that there will be “utter chaos” if MPs move against him and that it risks handing power to Nigel Farage. He is said to be concerned it would lead to turmoil in the markets and add to geopolitical instability.
The Times has been told that the cabinet is divided into three camps as Labour approaches the local elections in May, which are expected to be disastrous for the party: the prime minister’s loyalists; those who believe that only a change of leadership can save the government; and a minority keeping their cards close to their chest. One cabinet minister said after the meeting: “These people wouldn’t have been out of place on the bridge of the Titanic.”

One Labour MP concerned about the direction of the government said: “Labour MPs are becoming increasingly concerned that many of the cabinet don’t appreciate how unpopular the government is, and aren’t doing anything to change course.
“The U-turns this week have killed any post-Christmas optimism. While Keir is ultimately accountable for this, in the end the cabinet are collectively responsible. Too many of the cabinet are busy enjoying the trappings of ministerial life when they need to act and make sure our party has a future. History won’t be kind to those who buried their heads in the sand.”
A No 10 source said: “Wes is doing a great job as health secretary, delivering an 86,000 cut in waiting lists this week. While other parties turn inwards, the Labour government is getting on with delivering national renewal and Wes is a key player in the team.”
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Absolute shot in the dark, but Farage said a key Labour player would be joining Reform. I don't think it's Wes, but the rumours sure do make you wonder... or is that what they want us to think?
 
Kofi Drinka said:
No banter, genuine question.

Were you scared of him? You're scared of mutants and body distortion. Did you fear a man with a micro willy?
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Good question, I have no idea. It's very much a case by case basis. I've seen a guy with no hand and that freaked me out to where I felt actually sick, but then a guy with severe burns and I'm like "Meh."


Otterly said:
I have to ask how you knew …
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His ex told us. So probably not true. But still, funny.
 
Chunky Salsa said:
Achondroplasiaphobia and my entire life lmao. I have a general very, very strong disgust response towards the visibly disabled and deformed. It's not great, I get it real bad with midges and people with missing limbs. I used to - when I was teaching science to nerdy children - work with a woman that was like 4 foot tall tops, and she'd jump scare me all the time. She also had a legally mandated stool as a disability aid which used to make me laugh.
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There's something funny about having an irrational fear of Dwarfs. Spiders? Sure, Clowns? I can see it, Snakes? I guess.

But midgets? I can never find them threatening even with a weapon. Just punt kick them if they give you trouble.
Otterly said:
The amount of thirst in this thread is getting ridiculous. @Made In Wales please come back so you can all be gay again instead of lusting over liz truss and Liza tarbuck’s ample cleavages.
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It has been established that A&N Brits have very low standards.
 
Ly Erg said:
But midgets? I can never find them threatening even with a weapon. Just punt kick them if they give you trouble.
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Well yeah, that's why it's irrational. I could have shoved my midge coworker into the autoclave and killed her with contemptuous ease.
 
Ly Erg said:
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How does this make you feel? What would you do when you see this Irishman coming towards you?
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On the one hand, the Leprechaun is merely taking back what is his under libertarian principles, so he has my support and I would offer him a firearm to help him get his gold back. On the other hand my dad put that on the tv when I was a kid and it scared the shit out of me.
 
Chunky Salsa said:
Good question, I have no idea. It's very much a case by case basis. I've seen a guy with no hand and that freaked me out to where I felt actually sick, but then a guy with severe burns and I'm like "Meh."
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What do you fear Salsa?

Chunky Salsa said:
On the one hand, the Leprechaun is merely taking back what is his under libertarian principles, so he has my support and I would offer him a firearm to help him get his gold back. On the other hand my dad put that on the tv when I was a kid and it scared the shit out of me.
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So this is the true back story? You're scared of Warwick because your Dad exposed you to his other movies after Star wars and Willow?

Feathers said:
Welp, we all saw this coming

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Quoting this here because it's bong news worthy. GW have officially made models of female Custodes (space marines but better in every way, but better than the guys who were better in every way too. Betterer). It's one of the lines the community considered it taboo to cross. If you're into gay little soldiers then you might be upset by this. But it's showing a lack of awareness in a major UK company.
 
Chunky Salsa said:
I used to - when I was teaching science to nerdy children - work with a woman that was like 4 foot tall tops, and she'd jump scare me all the time. She also had a legally mandated stool as a disability aid which used to make me laugh.
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Chunky Salsa said:
I knew a guy with a micropenis when I was at uni.
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More bombshells from you Chunky.
Not only do you like chowing down on Indian sausage, but you worked with children and a midget that was required to shit by the Government.
You also "knew " a man with a micropenis.
I hope you don't play the drinking game "never have I ever".....
 
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