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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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Being called a retard on the internet is almost a rite of passage to end up in places like this. If anything it's part of the general internet that I miss because so many people are now filtering their true opinions on anonymous accounts on the internet because they're afraid that if they speak their true thoughts someone will call them a spacker or ban them.

I welcome Tories, Green Party members, L*bour voters and anyone else as long as they can justify their opinion. MiW actually could, which is why the whole thing is puzzling because he just threw a strop for no reason when he could have leaned into it and given us a "told you so" if/when Reform cleaned up. We have a resident Warrick Davis hater, a resident woman, and even the Prime Minister has an account here... so a hardline Reform supporter wasn't really THAT strange.

But whatever, I've spent 2 hours on the phone trying to get something cancelled only for the Paki to put me on hold until 5pm and hang up. I welcome total remigration for People of Cousinfucker.
 
Sweeter and Savoury said:
They arrested Prince Andrew this morning. Details are still coming out but here the spin the BBC is trying to put on it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c70kjr9wjw0t

"As part of the investigation, we have today (19/2) arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.

"The man remains in police custody at this time.

"We will not be naming the arrested man, as per national guidance. Please also remember that this case is now active so care should be taken with any publication to avoid being in contempt of court."

Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said: “Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office.

“It is important that we protect the integrity and objectivity of our investigation as we work with our partners to investigate this alleged offence.

“We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time.”
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Ha- on his birthday, no less . This will be a fun circus to observe from across the pond (distracting from our own circus, anyway).
 
LXXVII Brigade said:
No, It was really to do a Human Terrain Matrix of the Farms for GCHQ.
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That sounds fun. Genuinely. Now you’ve been here a while do you feel the culture is even explicable in such terms?
Overly Serious said:
I tend to be serious by nature and I thought interaction on this place might help me get better at not being serious.
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Did it work? There’s nothing wrong with being serious, and you aren’t serious all the time.
I feel the farms has been good for me.
Symbol of the Chud said:
Rupert, pledge to restore Vicks Sinex back to its original bottle and my eternal loyalty is yours.
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Rupert! Force cadburys to revert to original recipe (no more fucking palm oil and butyrate souring) and make them make spiras again! Do whatever it takes to achieve this, no matter what.
 
Otterly said:
Rupert! Force cadburys to revert to original recipe (no more fucking palm oil and butyrate souring) and make them make spiras again! Do whatever it takes to achieve this, no matter what.
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We need to take it back from Kraft first.
 
Otterly said:
Rupert! Force cadburys to revert to original recipe (no more fucking palm oil and butyrate souring) and make them make spiras again! Do whatever it takes to achieve this, no matter what.
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Maybe check out Love Cocoa? It was founded by a descendant of John Cadbury and has no fucking Vegetable Fat bollocks in it.
Cadbury's itself is a fucking travesty.
Horrible tasting chocolate, basically indistinguishable from American shite nowadays.
 
A mate was telling me that her boomer dad who barely uses the internet and was probably one of the biggest Farage supporters in his district has flipped to Restore.

I know this is just anacdotal evidence here but if the hardline Reform supporter retirees are flipping to Restore then there's a genuine problem for Farage. I could understand the millenial generation who have flipped hard right to be in the 'know' switching to Restore but I was under the general impression that the traditional support wouldn't have a clue about Lowe's party until well after the next election has come and gone.
 
Face it, we’ve been conquered by the yanks. If we didn’t stand up and swear total war when they bought out and changed the recipe for our most iconic chocolate, it’s never going to happen for anyone or anything.

I really thought the line would be drawn at Cadbury’s, but no, even our chocolate is not a step too far. It’s so over, lads (and lasses).

Next the EU will demand we serve our chips with mayo on. And all tea will be that hideous sour green shit in bags from Twinings (worst tea brand ever).

How much more can Britain take?
 
Wow, 3 pages of content!!

Either Starmer is dead or… oh his tampons fallen out again.

MiW, you are a great content creator and most of us here have reached out to advise you to stop doxing yourself. Keep your positions and beliefs promote the good stuff but learn to be humble in accepting when your side gets it wrong. And when all else fails call your opponent a nigger.
 
Otterly said:
That sounds fun. Genuinely. Now you’ve been here a while do you feel the culture is even explicable in such terms?

Did it work? There’s nothing wrong with being serious, and you aren’t serious all the time.
I feel the farms has been good for me.

Rupert! Force cadburys to revert to original recipe (no more fucking palm oil and butyrate souring) and make them make spiras again!
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And fuse bars. Omg. Best chocolate bar ever.
 
They were once men said:
@Null This nigga wants his account deleted
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I believe the cry is, "you're here forever."
Tom Nook's Gloryhole said:
Being called a retard on the internet is almost a rite of passage to end up in places like this. If anything it's part of the general internet that I miss because so many people are now filtering their true opinions on anonymous accounts on the internet because they're afraid that if they speak their true thoughts someone will call them a spacker or ban them.
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By and large the Farms is the reverse, it's people sprouting their true opinions on anonymous accounts because other sites won't let them do that. Which yes, does include all those American sites despite the American posters bragging about their constitutional protections.

As for being called a retard on the internet should simply look at what pretty much everyone gets called on here. No-one is above getting abuse, up to and including Null. Take the bait and argue or shrug and move on but either of those choices you have to own.
 
Made In Wales said:
One final message from me, before my inevitable ban and account deletion.
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My guy you joined an edgy shitposting autism website and expected cordiality. You joined the tranny death site and expected to not have arguments. This site is mostly about comedy, if you go in to it expecting serious and sincere you have already lost. Yea some people should just use the ignore button instead of spamming shit at you but that goes both ways. The main appeal of this site as a discussion site is that people will call you retarded if you are being such. There's been plenty of times where I've said something dumb and someone's called it dumb, the normal response is to go 'oh yea no I see I was being retarded'. That's the difference between posting in a thread and having a thread posted about you. Other than a couple times where I was objectively right and the jannies are trannies fucking vile cheese slathered broccoli loving faggots. In that case you just call them retards and stick to your opinion if it's something subjective and accept that in a site of mostly americans you're going to get a lot of retards. Yea some people are going to be cunts, you are a grown man, you do not need to take it personally. If I got pissed off every time someone called me a retarded faggot I would have goatsey'd myself and posted it in the community features by now. You are entitled to have whatever political belief you want and say whatever you want about that party. At the same time everyone else is equally entitled to talk about it and judge you for it.

I joined this place to call finnster a faggot because the only person I knew that also enjoyed laughing at him got bored of it. I just ended up here because there's not many places online where you can talk about shit like just Britain in general without it being full of grifters and retards and I like the people here about as much as you can do for a faceless bunch of faggots and w***n.
Symbol of the Chud said:
Well, this might just be the most relevant that Surgon will ever be.
He got an interview with Lowe.
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Fucking hell. Well, I'll say this, Lowe's got some balls associating with someone as politically poisonous as carl. Also what is it with carl and just having the worst fashion? Nigger could you really not find something a bit more formal than a pair of jeans? The most important interview he's had since ukip and half of what he wore could have come out of my wardrobe ffs.
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Christ he looks about 3ft tall and deformed. Please delete this before chunky salsa sees it. Turned into a fucking Stretch Armstrong version of Warwick Davis. Fairly sure that was an episode on Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids.
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I always see this sentiment as "do nothing and wait for the inevitable racewar"
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So Restore is bad because it promised remigration and other 'snake oil' bullshit? Just remind me what did Reform originally get popular on? Fairly sure it was the same 'quick fix' shit too As if saying "we're full" is anything other than a quick fix anyway. You could easily reduce immigration to 1% of what it is currently in about a month if you were in charge.
UselessRubberKeyboard said:
even our chocolate is not a step too far. It’s so over,
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It was already over when they make snickers not hate women and forced Freddo on ozempic. The only time I actually want browns and they still manage to fuck it up.
 
Muppetstudios said:
Prince Andrew has been arrested
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Sleep with a 17 year old, has his royal title stripped, house taken off of him, humiliated and dragged through the ringer.
Huw edwards, Schofield, half the BBC, a throng of muslim men and most of scotland yard are child fuckers and nothing is done.

Prince andrew is investigated and arrested for allegedly giving secrets away to foreigners.
Mandleson was selling out our country while pretty much been the head of the fabian uniparty nothing happens.

I'm not saying Prince Andrew shouldn't hang. I'm saying he shouldn't hang alone.
Very strange how he is the target and distraction, while the real weasels slink off.
Smyrna said:
The government has confirmed that the surrender of the Chagos Islands has been 'paused'.
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I hope they lease it to america for 100 trillion pound a year.
Heinrich Maneuver said:
Trump backtracked on the Diego Garcia deal because Starmer isn't letting him use RAF bases to strike Iran.
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Good. Fuck them. Always bleating that we don't help and do nothing. Lets see the MIC launch an oil-grabbing invasion all alone. It will be worse than Vietnam.
 
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