UK British News Megathread - aka CWCissey's news thread

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.

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.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

TBH I feel this way about all immigration now, every type - bougie version, digital nomad version, fleeing from the Taliban version - and in every direction. It's all wrong, it's all detrimental to all parties. People should stay in the country where they were born. Nowhere is perfect, but running away is never a perfect solution. Immigrants are always pariahs to some extent, and they almost always have a negative impact on their adopted society.

You see this shit all the time when you meet people who were conditioned from birth to move directly to London at the first chance they got to make money.

"Yes, I moved from an impoverished ex-mining town because it was lacking in culture. Everyone was far too white and the sense of community spirit was claustrophobic. Now I'm paying 104% of my salary on my one bedroom flatshare with three of my friends from Uni and honestly I see nothing wrong with keeping my phone zipped in my pocket whenever I go anywhere because that's just how it is in cities high in culture. My brickie dad in his paid off 4 bedroom detached house will be so envious of me when I finally get make the move from Jr Jr Assistant manager of Sainsburys to Jr Assistant manager and start bringing home the big boy money."

I don't even have an issue with people moving from a place with zero prospects to a city, but it's funny how it's drilled into students that the only cities that anyone should care about are London or Manchester (Bristol has somehow started getting popular with the communist wet lefties too) when both of them are absolutely fucking dogshit for anything nowadays. The vibrant nightlife of Manchester went away nearly 20 years ago, and I actively avoid Megacity 1 unless work practically forces me to go there because every fucking shop there is staffed by pakis and niggers who are happy to houseshare with 40 others in the only reasonably priced place a 30 minute commute away from their minimum wage job. Guess which train stations feature the most armed policemen in the UK? Manchester and London. Really makes you think.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

My brickie dad in his paid off 4 bedroom detached house will be so envious of me when I finally get make the move from Jr Jr Assistant manager of Sainsburys to Jr Assistant manager and start bringing home the big boy money.

And he's such a boomer. He doesn't want to eat over priced raw fish and drink £10 cups of coffee shit out by a llama named Sunbeam meadow share. White people have no culture but pumpkin spice lattes and dancing badly!

 

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Weird question. Anyone remember DEF2? For some reason it sticks in my mind as a core early 90s evening TV experience. Fresh Prince, Red Dwarf, Ren & Stimpy.

Fun fact: That programme only saw the light of day because a dog got a spade in its arse.

 

[22 Rimfire]

Fun fact: That programme only saw the light of day because a dog got a spade in its arse.

Explain. I knew there was a reason Janet Street Porter looked the way she does.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

I've been seeing a lot of gibberish around the London protest this weekend

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Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday for an anti far-right march organised by Together Alliance.

Crowds took to the capital's streets from 13:00 GMT, with placards displaying messages including "fight ignorance not immigrants" and "reject racist lies" visible.

High-profile figures had backed the protest, including Sir Lenny Henry and Paloma Faith, while singer Billy Bragg was expected to attend and Leigh-Anne Pinnock was set to perform at a music event in Trafalgar Square.

The march follows last year's Unite the Kingdom demonstration organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, which drew more than 100,000 people and saw several incidents of violence.
Organisers of Saturday's march said as many as 500,000 people had attended, although the Metropolitan Police estimated the figure to be closer to 50,000, adding precise figures were hard to determine due to the spread of the crowds.

The Met said two protesters were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and causing a public nuisance after allegedly attempting to climb pillars near Trafalgar Square.

At just after 17:00, which police had earlier imposed as the time the demonstration could not continue beyond, they said Whitehall was starting to clear, adding that five further arrests had been made during the day. Separately, 18 people were arrested at a demonstration outside New Scotland Yard on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action.

Officers had also earlier intervened to prevent a breach of the peace after a group of counter-protesters appeared on Pall Mall on the route of the main march.

The Together Alliance protest was due to be joined on its route by a separate march organised by the Palestine Coalition before both groups converged at Whitehall, where a video message from London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and speeches, including by Green Party leader Zack Polanski, were expected to be heard.

Several other politicians were also in attendance, including Your Party MP Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's Diane Abbott.

The protesters waved banners including from unions representing teachers, public service workers and fire brigades as they walked through the streets.

Many signs were emblazoned with pro-immigration messages from a variety of causes from all corners of the UK, including a group marching behind a banner that read "Whitstable Women in Sisterly Solidarity".

Among those attending was Steve Tribble, who travelled from Stroud with what he described as a "radical left-wing band" of musicians. He said he felt compelled to join the demonstration because of growing concerns about the far-right.

"I understand that populism is spreading all over the world and that people are trying to look for scapegoats, they're angry," he said. "But we're worried, that's why we're here."

Another in attendance was Salvinder Dhillon. He said he believed the number of those in attendance would "more than match" last year's Unite the Kingdom rally but, even if they did not, it would not matter.

He told the BBC: "What we have, they don't have. We have the unity of the people, the fighting spirit of the people, and we're going to win."

Sabby Dhalu, joint secretary of Together Alliance, said the UK was seeing an "unprecedented growth" in support for far-right organisations and described the Unite the Kingdom demonstration as the "biggest far-right mobilisation in British history".

She added: "We believe that the majority of British people stand against the hatred and division and racism that was being encouraged at that demonstration and by these types of organisations, and it's time to act."

In September 2025, between 110,000 and 150,000 people turned out for the London rally organised by Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

Several arrests were made after tensions flared as some protesters threw bottles and other projectiles at police, with some officers injured, the Met said at the time.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk addressed crowds via video link, while some 5,000 people joined a nearby counter-protest organised by Stand Up To Racism.

According to its website, external, Together Alliance is a group of civil society organisations including trade unionists and faith groups united against the far-right that represents more than seven million people.

People online are also claiming it was a No Kings protest against Trump.


Here's the list of the "Together Alliance." An absolute mob of divisive groups but something that interests me is that even with the incredibly charitable delusion that half a million people attended this many groups, MPs and celebrities could only drum up half a million? At a weekend?

https://archive.ph/lOIMN

full list​

Who supports us?​

Organisations​

Friends of the Earth

Trades Union Congress

Stand Up to Racism

UNISON

Show Racism the Red Card

Unite the Union

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Public and Commercial Services Union

Fire Brigades Union

National Education Union

Care4Calais

Praxis

Greenpeace UK

Choose Love

Amnesty International UK

Abortion Rights UK

Stop the War Coalition

Love Music Hate Racism

Muslim Council of Britain

Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union

University and College Union (UCU)

British Medical Association (BMA)

General Federation of Trade Unions

GMB Union

Prospect

RMT

TSSA

Women for Refugee Women

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Amnesty Feminists

Women against the far right

Muslim Association of Britain

Musicians Union

Equity

Disabled People Against Cuts

Morning Star

Communication Workers Union

National Union of Journalists (NUJ)

NASUWT

NAHT

Aegis

Black Liberation Alliance

Caribbean Labour Solidarity

Finsbury Park Mosque

Friends of Al Aqsa

Indian Workers Association (IWA)

Jewish Socialists Group

National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO)

National Union of Mineworkers

National Women’s Action for Positive Change

Royal College of Midwives

Scottish TUC

The Cordoba Foundation

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)

The POA

TUC Cymru

Social Workers Union

Psychotherapy and Counselling Union

Black Activists Rising Against Cuts UK (BARAC UK)

Women's Inclusive Team

Muslim Community Association

Ashaadibi Centre

Camden United Against Racism

European Network on Religion and Belief

Security Industry Federation

NHBC Staff Association

Keep Our NHS Public

Artists' Union of England

Society of Union Employees

UK Private Hire Drivers Union

Pharmacists Defence Association

Status Now

ActionAid UK

Tower Hamlets Trade Union Council

United East End

Fairtrade Foundation

Strive UK

North Staffs Miners' Wives Action Group

Period Power

Bangladeshi Workers Council

Campaign For Trade Union Freedom

Haldane Society

People's Assembly

National Assembly of Women

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

The Labour Muslim Network

Aslef

Stop Trump coalition

Birmingham Race Impact Group

UK Hospitality Union

Peace and Justice Project

REFUGEE WORKERS CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Out-Out Groups UK

Streets Kitchen

Homes for All

National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD)

Woodcraft Folk

Campaign against Climate Change

WEA

LGBT Youth Scotland

Cymdeithas yr Iaith

Beyond Skin

City of Sanctuary UK

Windrush Initiatives CIC

Best Foot Music

Reach Volunteering

Disability Rebellion

Reunite Families UK

Bank Better

Climate Psychology Alliance

Time for Inclusive Education (TIE)

Stories & Supper

Youth Equality Coalition

Amnesty International Uk, Trade Union Network

Students' Federation of India - United Kingdom

TransActual

Not In Our Name (NION) Women

Beyond Detention

Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol)

Trade Union Blues

Tipping Point UK

Boycott Bloody Insurance

MENA Solidarity

Day Mer

MEND - Muslim Engagement and Development

IMIX

Rainbow Migration

Refugee Action

Climate Live

Day-Mer Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre

the3million

Rocklands ArtBeat

Birmingham Voluntary Service Council

Chelmsford & District Trades Union Council

Compass

Iona Community

Epping for Everyone

Network for Peace

Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)

Red Letter Christians UK

Voices in Exile

Action Together

War on Want

Jewish Voice for Liberation

intersectional Uprising

Just Fair

Unitarian Social Justice Network

Better Story

Social Enterprise UK

North London Community House

Amnesty International UK Anti-Racism Network

UNISON Plymouth Universities

Dudley Trades Union Council

Camden UNISON

Manchester Trades Union Council

Derby People's assembly

Doctors in Unite

Better Buses for West Yorkshire

Lancaster and Morecambe Trades Union Council

Pass The Mic

Tower Hamlets Trades Council

Merton and Sutton TUC

Walsall Trade Union Council

UNISON Worcestershire Branch

The Migrant Workers’ Union of NI

Newcastle upon Tyne Trades Union Council

West London Welcome

Diversity Lewes

ASLEF Waterloo Nine Elms Branch

XRLondon

XR Rhythms UK

Women's Liberation Alliance

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK (WILPF UK)

Waltham Forest Migrant Action

VOICES ADFOCAD

Uplift

Unfinished Business

Turn Left Media

TJPL Media Network

Through the Cracks

The World

The Working Class Climate Alliance

The UnReform Times

The New Union Flag

The Black Country Party

The African Caribbean Education Network (ACEN)

Swansea MAD Youth and Community charity

Sussex Women Against the Far Right

Staff Equality Networks Ltd

Springburn Unity Network

Southwark Housing & Planning Emergency (SHAPE)

Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (SWVG)

Soul Movement against Racism & Fascism SMARF

Socialist Workers Party

Sip the system

Regularise

Punk Against Poverty

Preston Independents

POST Aberdeen

Portland Global Friendship Group

Platform

Pineapple Collective

Peace and Politics

Palestine-UK Child Psychotherapists

Oui à là Diversité France

Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign

October Textiles Ltd

Nottingham Women’s Collective

NHS Workers Say No

Newham Wellness

National Association of the Partisans of Italy (ANPI) United Kingdom and Ireland

Momentum

MediaNorth

MAYDAY

Labour Behind The Label

Kings Heath United Against Racism

Jews for Justice for Palestinians

Majority

Haringey Welcome

Haringey Community Action Network

Greener Jobs Alliance

Extinction Rebellion UK

99% Organisation

Anti-Reform

Asylos

Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh (AMASE)

Co-operative Futures

Everyday Racism

Deaf DPAC

Derby Peace Week

Local Independents for Tiverton

I-narrative

Free the MBR Beagles

Extinction Rebellion South East UK

Bradford Friends of Palestine

Dare Productions

Brain and Spinal Injury Centre Limited

Big Leaf Foundation

Black Country Innovate CIC

Palestine Solidarity Movement

Na'amod UK

National Union of Students (NUS)

Sin City

Climate Justice Coalition

Yorkshire and Humber Pensioners Convention

WOW - Women of the World

Wandsworth Friends of Palestine

Wellbeing Economy Alliance England

togetHER against sexism

Together Productions

The Socially Engaged Art Salon

Take Back Power

Student Christian Movement

Sustainable Hackney

Sisterhood in Solidarity

Pax Christi Scotland

Palm Oil Detectives

North Oxfordshire Socialist Alliance

Our Second Home

Peace Direct

North Wales Mutual Aid / Cymorth Cydforddiannol Gogledd

No Sweat

Network Against Occupation

Mold Against Racism and Inequality

National Rejoin March

Lewes For Palestine

Kingston Independent Residents Group

Lewes Climate Hub

Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN)

Kanlungan Filipino Consortium

Global Witness

Jesuit Refugee Service UK

Indivisible London

Global Justice Now

Glossop Labour Club

Forth Valley Welcome

find a protest

Extinction Rebellion Waverley and Borders

END SOCIAL CARE DISGRACE CAMPAIGN

Enfield Community Independents

Faith for the Climate

drum united

Derbyshire Community Party

Crescent Connections CIC

Cut The Ties To Fossil Fuels

East Kent Animal Action

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK

Climate Action-West Northamptonshire

Christians for a Welcoming Britain

Christians Against the Far Right (CAFR)

Christian Climate Action

Dorset Red Choir

Canterbury Women's March

Calderdale Green New Deal

Brummies United Against Racism

Brum Against Hate

Black on Board

Affordable Counselling Network

#SomeoneIKnew Campaign

Abortion Support Network

Catholics for AIDS Prevention & Support (CAPS) C.I.O.

Dallington School

Royal College of Nursing

Essential Trading

Peter Tatchell Foundation

Featured Artist Coalition

Southeast and east Asian Women's Association

We are The People

The Rainbow Stores

Animo Leadership

Dervish Productions

Counterpoints Arts

Doctors of the World UK

Race Equality Network

Media Trust

Water Witness

Unlock Democracy

Health Poverty Action (HPA)

Guiders Against Trans Exclusion

Migrant Democracy Project

OLIVE NETWORK

March for Europe

Allen plus

Earth Sea Love CIC

Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN)

Strawberry Fields Collective

Compassion in Politics

Indivisible Edinburgh

Herts not Hate

Health for Extinction Rebellion

ARTICLE 19

Lewes District Anti-Racism Alliance

Pan-humanity

London Green Party

Patients not Passports

West Yorkshire For Palestine

Manifesto di Londra

REMO Social Enterprise

Thompsons Solicitors

JustMoney Movement

Coalition for Language Education

Wrexham Anti-Fascists

Mainstream

Faversham Against Racism

Buckinghamshire Anti-Hatred

Anti Racist Cumbria

Lincoln and District Trades council

Mind

Chorley & District TUC

Rape Crisis South London

Muslim Aid

Leeds TUC

UNISON LTH Branch

Doctors in Unite (Wales region)

Portsmouth Trades Council

Leicester & District Trades Union Council (L&DTUC)

Warwickshire NEU District

Plymouth Trades Union Council

Barnsley TUC

Chesterfield and District Trades Union Council

South West Lancashire NEU

West Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church

National Synod of Scotland, The United Reformed Church

Inclusion London

Oasis Church Waterloo

United Reformed Church, Wessex Synod

English PEN

United Reformed Church, North Western Synod

The Deer Wood Trust

UK Islamic Mission

Almanaar Mosque

East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre

Oxfam GB

Bridgwater Trades Unions Council

Independent Workers of Great Britain

UNITE Swansea Area Retired Members Branch

Bonny Downs Community

Your Party Stevenage and North Herts Branch

XR London

Xaverian Missionaries UK province

Wen (Women's Environmental Network)

Wakefield District Green Party

UK-Palestine Mental Health Network

The Skylark

Fossil Free London

Debt Justice

The Greenhouse at Barnes Close

St John's Waterloo

Refugees at Home

The ReWrite Initiative Ltd

The Launchpad Collective C.I.O

The All In Party

Sheffield Anti-Racist Education

Metropolitan Community Church of North London

Equality Trust

SUTR South Devon

Southwark Law Centre

South West Essex Green Party

Progressive Jews for Justice in Israel/Palestine

Northampton and District Trades Union Council

NEETARA (Northchurch, Ecclesbourne & Elmore Tenants & Residents Association)

MSI Reproductive Choices

MAKE EARTH GREEN AGAIN/ECHOES OF SILENCE

Luddendenfoot Labour Party

Just Transition Wakefield

#EthnicityPayGap Campaign

#ResistTrump Campaign

Activists Without Borders

Hoylake4All

Adfree Cities

Healthworkers & Allies for Palestine

Himmah

North East Kent TUC

Byline Times

Mendip Trades Council

UK-IMC

Southampton Tenants Union Limited

Lewes Quaker Meeting

Cardigan Extinction Rebellion / Gwrthryfel Difodiant Aberteifi

Forest of Dean Stand Up To Racism

Extinction Rebellion Aberteifi / Cardigan

Transfigured Mission

Share The World's Resources

Positive Money Solent

Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council

Migrante UK

Kent Anti Racism Network

Herts for Refugees

Hackney Community Alliance

Hay Brecon and Talgarth Sanctuary for Refugees

Christians for Palestine

Eastbourne Solidarity

Gender and Development Network

Feminise Politics Now!

CRS

Bridging Change

Autonomous Arts Factory

ATD Fourth World

BRAP

Bridport Refugee Support Campaign

Cafe Laziz

Brum Together

Funding the Future

One Church Brighton

The United Reformed Church National Synod of Wales

Nothing but Love

Hope not Hate

Churches Together in Uxbridge

National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters (NUBSLI)

Wildwood Wellness UK

Trauma Foundation South West

Socially Inspired

Safe Passage International

Etherton Ribbon Recipients Facebook Group

London Renters Union

Runnymede

The Federation Of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS)

Sheila McKechnie Foundation

TSSA

IWGB Game Workers

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD QUAKERS

Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council

Workers Planet

West Devon Art Workshops CIC

AllBoroughs.uk

FiLiA

Cheltenham and District Trades Union Council

Gloucestershire Association of Trades Union Councils

Trafford Trades Council

Norwich & District Trades Union Council

Islamic Human Rights Commission

All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP)

Dyke Collective Brighton

Coalition to Close Campsfield

Amos Trust

Seeding Reparations

Red Pepper Media

Our Grandchildren's Climate

Energise Sussex Coast

Oxstudents4pal

Prevent Watch

Pull The Plug

Respect for Life Foundation

New School of the Anthropocene

Open Food Network

Media Revolution

Mojatu Foundation

Community Base

Salusbury World

Community Arts Box

Right to Roam

Greek Solidarity Network

Hammersmith & Fulham Coalition against Cuts

Unite The People

Hackney Migrant Centre

ATLEU

Fuel Poverty Action

Anti-Racist Alliance Trust

Teaching for Solidarity

Sussex Interpreting Services

Qisetna

Results UK

Muslim LGBT Network

Rights of Women

Legal Aid Practitioners Group

Whitstable Against Hate

Midlands Swingdance Collective

Sisters of Frida

FEPAD Burundi/Femmes Engagées à consolider la Paix et l'Assainissement pour le Développement durable

Leytonstone Against Racism

The Circle

Cartoons Not Cruelty

Latin American Women's Aid

Voice of Voiceless Immigration Detainees Yorkshire (VVIDY)

Business Declares

Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK

Students Organising for Sustainability

Folk Against Fascism

Black Equity Organisation

Culture Network LCR

Islington Climate Centre

Tesla Takedown UK

Bristol Defend Asylum Seekers campaign

Cheltenham & District Trades Union Council

Celebrities​

Alex Lawther, London Critics Circle Film Award winning actor

Alexei Sayle, International Emmy & Royal Television Society Awards winning comedian, actor & author

Allan Mustafa, BAFTA, Royal Television Society Awards winning actor

Amelia Windsor

Annie McGrath

Asim Chaudhry, International Emmy & Royal Television Society Awards winning actor, comedian & writer

AURORA, EBBA and Spellemann award winning singer, songwriter & record producer

Ayoola Smart

Beverley Knight MBE, EMMA, MOBO, Laurence Olivier Award winning singer, songwriter & actor

Bill Ryder-Jones, The Corals co-founder, singer songwriter

Billy Bragg, Award winning singer and songwriter

Billy Howle, acclaimed actor

Billy Lunn, The Subways, lead singer & musician

Brenda Edwards, Screen Nation & Hero Awards winning actor & singer

Brian Eno, Musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist & activist

Caitríona Balfe

Char Bailey

Charlotte Church, GQ, British Comedy & Classical Brit Award winning singer, songwriter & actor

Christopher Eccleston, International Emmy award winning actor

Clean Bandit, Ivor Novello, Grammy Award winning band

Cliffords, Band

Cornershop, The pan cultural, critically acclaimed group who topped the UK singles charts with ‘Brimful of Asha’

Dame Harriet Walter, Laurence Olivier & Emmy Awards winning actor

Dan Gillespie Sells, The Feeling lead vocalist, singer songwriter & musician

Dave McCabe, The Zutons, singer, songwriter & guitarist

David Harewood OBE, actor

David Holmes, DJ, composer and producer

Deborah Frances-White, comedian, author & screenwriter

Delilah Bon

Denise Gough, Laurence Olivier & Critics' Circle Theatre Awards winning actor

Dominique Palmer

Dr Ali Bromley

Dr Ali Bromley

Enter Shikari, rock band

Etta Marcus, singer, songwriter & musician

Everyone Says Hi, indie rock band

Fontaines D.C., Brit Awards, AIM Independent Music Award, NME Award winning band

Francesca Martinez, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Award winning actor, comedian & writer

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Waterstones Children's Laureate & British Independent Film Award winning screenwriter & author

Frank Turner, Kerrang! AIM Awards winning singer & songwriter

Frankie Boyle, Comedian and writer

Franz Ferdinand, rockband

Gary Younge, journalist and author

Grace Chatto, Clean Bandit, singer, songwriter & musician

Gurinder Chadha, Award winning film director

Heather Wood, activist

Hushtones, indie-pop band

Indira Varma, Laurence Olivier Award winning actor

Iraina Mancini, singer, songwriter, DJ, radio host & model

Jen Brister, comedian, writer & actor

Jessica Knappett

John Pandit, musician & activist

Jordan Stephens, Author, musician, actor & campaigner

Joy Crookes, UK Music Video Awards winning artist, singer & songwriter

Juliet Stevenson, Laurence Olivier & London Critics Circle Film Award winning actor

Ken Loach

Kerry Godliman, actor & comedian

Kevin Rowland, Dexys, Dexys Midnight Runners, singer, songwriter & musician

Khalid Abdalla, Off West End Award winning actor

Kneecap, BIFA & BAFTA award winning rap trio

Kwaku Asante, singer & musician

Leee John, Musician, singer & actor

Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Little Mix, Brit Award winning singer & actor

Lily Happy Moon

Lolly Adefope, I Talk Telly Award winning actor & comedian

Lucy Murray (Olive & Pip)

Luisa Omielan

Madra Salach, Contemporary Irish Folk Band

Maggie Crowe, BRIT Awards Chair, Heavenly Recordings

Mark Rylance, Academy, BAFTA & Tony awards winning actor, playwright & theatre director

Mark Steel, comedian, author, broadcaster & newspaper columnist

Matt Abbott, Patron of Foyle Young Poets Award winning poet

Maverick Sabre, Irish singer, song writer & rapper

Mawaan Rizwan

Max Porter

Maxine Peake, UK Theatre & Royal Television Society Award winning actor

MC DT, Ivor Novella Award winning MC

Megan Jayne Crabbe

Michel Rosen, Award winning author & poet, Children's Laureate 2007-9

Mike McGear McCartney, (Scaffold) singer, songwriter & photographer

Misan Harriman, African-American Film Critics & NAACP Image Awards-winning creative director & photographer

Motel Sundown, Band

Mr Dino Fabián Fetscher

MT Jones, singer & songwriter

Nadine Shah

Napalm Death, Kerrang! Award winning band

Narinder Kaur, TV Personality

Natasha Walter, BBC 100 Women, feminist writer & activist

Oritse Williams, JLS founder, singer, songwriter

Paloma Faith, Brit Award & multiple awards winning singer, songwriter & actor

Paul Laverty, BAFTA & Cannes Film Festival Awards winning screenwriter

Paul Weller, Critically acclaimed & BRIT award winning singer, songwriter & musician

Peter Oborne, Award winning journalist

Rachel D'Arcy, singer

Rakie Ayola

Ronan Bennett, BAFTA & Irish Novel of the Year Award winning screenwriter & author

Self Esteem

Shack, Alternative Rock Band

Shaka Hislop, PFA Special Merit Award winning for services to football, former footballer

Sharon Gaffka

Simon McBurney OBE, Laurence Olivier & Circles' Theatre Awards winning actor

Sir Lenny Henry, Comedian, actor, presenter & writer

Steve Coogan, BAFTA awards & Golden Globe award winning actor and comedian

Steve Mason, singer, songwriter & guitarist

Steve Stamp, BAFTA & Royal Television Society Awards winning actor

The Bandits, rock band

The Beta Band, indie rock band

The Charlatans, Q Hero & NME awards winning band

The Wombats, NME award winning band

Toby Jones, BAFTA & Laurence Olivier Awards winning actor

Toddla T, Mixtape of the Year Award winning DJ

Tom MacRae, BAFTA & Parents Choice Silver Honor Awards winning TV writer, playwright & author

Zoe Gardner, independent researcher, campaigner & commentator

Politicians​

Abtisam Mohamed MP

Adrian Ramsay MP

Andrew George MP

Andrew Ranger MP

Andy McDonald MP

Ann Davies MP

Anna Sabine MP

Apsana Begum MP

Baroness Blower

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

Ben Lake MP

Bobby Dean MP

Brian Leishman MP

Carla Denyer MP

Cat Eccles MP

Chris Hinchcliff MP

Chris Law MP

Clive Lewis MP

Dawn Butler MP

Diane Abbott MP

Dr Simon Opher MP

Elaine Orr Stewart MP

Ellie Chowns MP

Graham Leadbitter MP

Grahame Morris MP

Hannah Spencer MP

Ian Byrne MP

Ian Lavery MP

Imran Hussain MP

Iqbal Mohamed MP Office

Jeremy Corbyn MP

John McDonnell MP

Jon Trickett MP

Kate Osborne MP

Kim Johnson MP

Lee Barron MP

Liz Saville Roberts MP

Llinos Medi MP

Lord Davies of Brixton

Lord Hendy KC

Lord Peter Hain

Lord Sikka

Lorraine Beavers MP

Marion Atkinson

Mary Kelly Foy MP

Maureen Burke MP

Mhairi Doyle

Nadia Whittome MP

Neil Duncan-Jordan MP

Olivia Blake MP

Paula Barker MP

Pete Wishart MP

Peter Dowd MP

Peter Harvey

Peter Lamb MP

Rachael Maskell MP

Rebecca Long Bailey MP

Richard Burgon MP

Richard Quigley MP

Rt Hon. the Baroness Chakrabarti CBE

Seamus Logan MP

Sefton Council

Siân Berry MP

Stella Creasy MP

Steve Witherden MP

Vicky Foxcroft MP

Zack Polanski

Zarah Sultana MP

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

People online are also claiming it was a No Kings protest against Trump.

Is there not a huge and obvious fucking irony in having a No Kings protest in a country where we've actually got one?

 

[TheArtilleryman]

Is there not a huge and obvious fucking irony in having a No Kings protest in a country where we've actually got one?

shhhhh, maybe they can be done for treason

 

[Clem Fandango]

I've been seeing a lot of gibberish around the London protest this weekend

Organisers of Saturday's march said as many as 500,000 people had attended, although the Metropolitan Police estimated the figure to be closer to 50,000, adding precise figures were hard to determine due to the spread of the crowds.

Lol, what is this absolute bobbins?? I live in London (sadly) and didn't even notice this protest or have any idea it was happening. They may as well claim a billion people turned up, would the BBC still think that "claim" was worth printing?

 

[Jimmy Dean Bowl]

'Mold Against Racism and Inequality'

That's a rather peculiar group

 

[AssignedEva]

Here's the list of the "Together Alliance." An absolute mob of divisive groups but something that interests me is that even with the incredibly charitable delusion that half a million people attended this many groups, MPs and celebrities could only drum up half a million? At a weekend?

I know a few people who went, but mostly treated it as a day out because there was a free "rave" in Trafalgar Square:

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Glossop Labour Club? Was this a five bob a head day trip on a local coach, packed lunch of cheese and onion cobs included?

BRAP? @femboy fart huffer needs to explain him/her/bunself.

I do love how the police were so gracious in allowing a protest between the hours of 1-5pm, and it was to finish at 5pm prompt and everyone home in time for tea, or there’d be trouble. Very British, ironically.

Have none of these groups noticed that everyone is either ‘left wing’ or ‘far right’ now? There don’t seem to be any political ideas that are simply acceptable to all any more. Normal. Middle of the road. I don’t believe this for a second, it’s simply that in a shit attempt to paint the opposition as crazed, groups now accuse everyone they don’t agree with of being ‘left wing’ or ‘far right’. Kind of like everyone is a Nazi if they don’t agree with you. And yet they’re very happy to talk about intolerance and how it’s destroying and polarising us all.

How nice that everyone had a day out in the big city. They can all go home and pay themselves on the back that they did a good thing, that they’re one of the good ones, and they can post their pictures with the cool banner they held on X and Facebook for internet approval.

It’s all so performative. Living like they’re always being watched (they want to be, to be fair).

Is there not a huge and obvious fucking irony in having a No Kings protest in a country where we've actually got one?

No Kings protest? Aw, how cute. Are they copying America like wots on the telly again, like the dumb six year olds they mentally are? Fucking grow up, you twats. This is the U.K., not America. Stop trying to be part of a political movement that’s not relevant to us, simply because you saw it on social media and it made you feel something funny in your tummy. Reality exists on the streets you live in. Put down the smartphone and go see it sometime. You might learn something (see you at a ‘far right rally’ sometime soon).

 

[teriyakiburns]

'Mold Against Racism and Inequality'

That's a rather peculiar group

Probably ex potterheads, seething at Rowling and crying about trannies. They've convinced themselves that she lives in a mould-infested ruin.

Or they're from Wales.

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

A bit of renovation from Merton Council (London) : ) nice to see

The Greens voted against nationalising the five largest energy supply companies, despite an overwhelming majority of the party (voters) supporting it, because the Party (staff) wanted a 'diversity of ownership' including private, public, community, etc.


Visa crackdowns are 'forcing' DWP staff to leave the country, claims the i Paper

 

[Help I'm A BritFag]

No Kings protest? Aw, how cute. Are they copying America like wots on the telly again,

I still remember the BLM UK protests in London in 2020 when all the posho white uni kids were chanting "Hands up, don't shoot" at the police...y'know, the British police....who don't carry guns.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

'Mold Against Racism and Inequality'

That's a rather peculiar group

I was beaten to it but Mold is a place in Wales. Population just over 10,000, Looking at recent census data it is also 97% white.

I know a few people who went, but mostly treated it as a day out because there was a free "rave" in Trafalgar Square:

I did notice there seemed to be gigs on too. I'd heckle them for bolstering their numbers with that but Yacky Robson or whatever his name is did the same for his gathering can't heckle too much.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

A bit of renovation from Merton Council (London) : ) nice to see

Sir, I do not like this. Before they had some personality, the signs had logos and the windows had nice English flags. The new signs are pick your colour and font. That's it, it's soulless and cheap. I've seen forum signatures made in ms paint better than that.

Going to a protest seems a waste of time unless you're trying to dupe some soggy lass into sleeping with you. Of course I want to save the whales, now toss me off onto your tits before your flat mates get back..

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

(Bristol has somehow started getting popular with the communist wet lefties too)

Bristol has always had an 'artsy' and weird section (ie, a Middle Class lol), but it's always hysterical to see Mancs and Bristolians now complaining that Londoners are moving to their cities and bringing higher prices with them. People who leave London never understand why they left London and keep bringing their policies and ideas with them.
It's like Californians moving to Wyoming and then finding out the locals do not want them voting.


Ed Miliband has been accused of ‘cheating’ by labelling electricity from foreign gas-fired power stations as carbon free. He has pledged to make the grid 95% gas-free by 2030, yet in these plans 15% of UK power comes from gas powered stations in neighbouring countries

 

[teriyakiburns]

Ed Miliband has been accused of ‘cheating’ by labelling electricity from foreign gas-fired power stations as carbon free. He has pledged to make the grid 95% gas-free by 2030, yet in these plans 15% of UK power comes from gas powered stations in neighbouring countries

This is how Germany launders its gas generation into being "green" as well. It involves a lot of trickery and pretence, but the end result is that gas-generated electricity is exported through interconnects, which because it comes from the backups for renewables, is counted as "renewable generation" to pad the stats. Imports from the same interconnects are counted as "green" because they don't produce CO2 inside Germany's borders. The whole thing is a gigantic accounting scam. We're currently in a competition with Germany to see which country can destroy its economy faster. UK has a head-start on deindustrialisation, but Germany has gained a significant lead by sending a huge amount of its manufacturing overseas in the last decade. UK's response, thanks to mad Ed, is to speed-run total grid collapse by forcing every home to use electricity for heating while completely shutting down reliable power generation.

 

[>IMPLYING]

Here's the list of the "Together Alliance." An absolute mob of divisive groups but something that interests me is that even with the incredibly charitable delusion that half a million people attended this many groups, MPs and celebrities could only drum up half a million? At a weekend?

I can't be arsed at the moment but that list is really incestuous with how much overlap there is. Many of these groups are sister groups of some larger group and it effectively gives the impression of greater organisational support when in reality you can consolidate many of these into the same group more or less.
Muslim Council of Britain + Stand up to Racism + Communications Workers Union + National Union of Teachers + Muslim Engagement and Development + Unite the Union + Socialist Action + Many more <-
Unite Against Fascism i.e. Socialist (revolutionary sort) party front that pretends it isn't.





Kind of takes the wind out of their sails that they need the support and financial backing of every single Union centralised under this one group who can't attach themselves to anything officially because:
1) They're a obvious front for Socialists
2) The optics of calling basic bitch Conservatism "fascist"

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Bristol has always had an 'artsy' and weird section (ie, a Middle Class lol), but it's always hysterical to see Mancs and Bristolians now complaining that Londoners are moving to their cities and bringing higher prices with them. People who leave London never understand why they left London and keep bringing their policies and ideas with them.

Love to see the Londoners fuck off. They buy big expensive village houses. The ones with like 4 bedrooms and a stable yard. Immediately start building work. Then three months later there is a for sale sign on it. Happened to a really nice house near me just last week. Redid all the parking and then as soon as it was done a for sale sign came up. Same old story. "We want a quiet life in the country" and then they run back to London because they can't handle a quiet life and never even say good morning as they pass you.