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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.

 

[Mound Dweller]

Salacious unconfirmed rumor time - sources on X are reported that Zack Polanski's mother is a prozzer who goes by Anna Aroma (real Name Ava Marder).

Finally some good old fashioned traditional sleaze
If (((Zack))) was smart he'd get ahead of it, by either completely ignoring it or just saying "yeah whatever so what", since the "people" who'd actually vote for him in the first place wouldn't be all that bothered anyway. I don't don't think he's smart though.

 

[General Zoider]

Is the reform party actually making any headway over there? And if they succeeded would they actually improve anything, or would it be the same old shit but different color of paint?

 

[Clem Fandango]

It's virtue signalling and seeding the ground for more laws against the natives. "This country is so bad India is better. This country is just so racist against us and I MIGHT return home if it's not fixed"

It also shows that these foreigners will never truly be British. This guy left India at the age of three years old, but it's still "his" country, despite having almost no experience of living there (that I could tell from his Wikipedia page anyway) . The UK offered his mediocre arse every benefit and opportunity. Pure DEI that he took over university challenge after Paxman. And is he grateful? No. Instead he feels entitled to take shots.

And no matter how much they shit up this country, they will always have an India to go back to. That's never going away. Meanwhile, white people have nowhere to go back to.

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

Finally some good old fashioned traditional sleaze
If (((Zack))) was smart he'd get ahead of it, by either completely ignoring it or just saying "yeah whatever so what", since the "people" who'd actually vote for him in the first place wouldn't be all that bothered anyway. I don't don't think he's smart though.

'ExposedGreens' has been doing the rounds claiming to be posting a google docky soon on Greens history of misogyny as well as 'SHOCKING EXPOSURE: HACKNEY GREEN CANDIDATE IFHAT SHAHEEN UNMASKED AS A TOXIC RADICAL! '. They seem to be a left wing-adjacent account, perhaps a LibDem supporter, however they use Grok/are okay with Grok so unsure (the tweet style is also reminiscent of AI text imho). If any of the claims about the councillors and staff they are 'exposing' are true, the Greens are fucking slimy, most of them are terror charges and drug charges.

The Green Party wants you to believe Ifhat Shaheen is just a caring local mum fighting for “equity, justice and kindness” in Stoke Newington.

LIES.

Behind the campaign smiles and Sure Start board meetings lies a trail of hate, conspiracy theories and extremism that has now been blown wide open.

This is the same woman who:

•Cheered the October 7 massacre by claiming Palestinians were “inevitably trying to defend themselves”

•Spread grotesque blood libels accusing Israel of harvesting Palestinian organs to “alter DNA”

•Ranted about “Zionist funding,” “Zionist lobbies” and “emboldened Zionists” while branding opponents “pro-genociders”

•Used vile slurs like “house n******” against politicians of colour

•Actively supported the extremist group CAGE and controversial academic David Miller

•Worked as London PR manager for Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party

•Fought a very public (and failed) legal battle after her son’s school referred him to Prevent over “eco-terrorism” comments

All while her old social media accounts (under Ifhat Smith) were busy pumping out this poison… until they suddenly went silent the moment the spotlight hit.

The Spectator (newspaper) has the receipts. The Green Party has been asked for comment and… crickets.

This is who they’re putting forward to represent Hackney residents on 7 May?

NOT ON OUR WATCH.

Share this far and wide.

Demand answers. Demand she’s removed from the ballot.

The mask has slipped. The truth is out.

 

[Vesperus]

parents would love to go but always doom about driving in the left lane. Is it really that big an issue? Are tourist traffic accidents all that common?

The steering wheel being on the other side acts as a constant reminder. I switch between left and right on a fairly regular basis, and almost never fuck up...
There was that time when I took my car over to France to visit some friends, and some poor bugger near Compiègne nearly got murdered by a Land Rover blaring Pink Floyd, but I vanished back into the morning mist before he could get my license plate.
Since then I have always rented/borrowed a location-specific vehicle so I can't forget.

 

[Otterly]

If you could die of sadness

It is possible.

the latest issue of Women's weekly

Going for the over sixty demographic or just too classy for Take A Break?

 

[Kofi Drinka]

It is possible.

Going for the over sixty demographic or just too classy for Take A Break?

I don't know what women read. I see the magazine on the shelf and assume "My dad's ghost saved me from my ex-rapist's holiday terrors" is what all women are into. Is it not?

 

[Otterly]

I don't know what women read

My mum is nearing 80 and thinks woman’s weekly is for the elderly and dull. The WW demographic must be ollllld. There’s a reason Victoria wood used in in ‘the ballad of Barry and Freda.’

My dad's ghost saved me from my ex-rapist's holiday terrors" is what all women are into. Is it not?

I have no idea who buys that stuff, but clearly the ‘puzzles and anguish’ format is popular. The cover headlines are hilarious, especially when paired with the smiling cover models. It’s a guilty pleasure reading the headlines in the queue for the till. Never bought one though, so can’t tell you who does. Only magazines Ive ever read regularly were private eye (which has gone downhill) nee scientist (ditto) and the spectator .

 

[Fun Factory]

My youngest is two and when she's a bit older and the long haul flights are a bit less perilous I would like to go to India frequently

 

[anklyscr]

nee scientist

Is that the Scottish version?

 

[Kofi Drinka]

The cover headlines are hilarious, especially when paired with the smiling cover models. It’s a guilty pleasure reading the headlines in the queue for the till. Never bought one though, so can’t tell you who does. Only magazines Ive ever read regularly were private eye (which has gone downhill) nee scientist (ditto) and the spectator .

My sex pest dad abused me since I was 10, here's how I lost 50 stone and had 2 beautiful daughters!

I enjoy the trash news papers and magazine headlines. I have occasionally read one when visiting the parents and the story is all on the cover. I assume most of it is made up by the writers and they throw on whatever woman they think fits the story.

 

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A woman was followed home from a night club and gang raped outside a church in Epsom. LocalGuardian article archive. Surrey Police are appealing for witnesses with no description of the assailants.
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They’ll just claim ‘ackshually, it never happened, and you’re a bigot for thinking of the ‘migrant hotel’ nearby, bigot’.

Like this one:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly622k0jm4o

A bit of pig jannying later:

https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/25513266.banbury-no-evidence-gang-rape-shocked-nation/

False claims/nutters making shit up does occur and I’m sure journalist scum in all forms are trying to jump on the latest ‘breaking’ thing for clicks even at the earliest stage, but knowing what we know about the length they’ll go to sweep up the carnage of these vermin in the name of so-called ‘social cohesion’, it makes you wonder where the truth is.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Women near me are arranging a walking group after 3 of them have been chased by a paki through the park.. 3 days in a row here's been trying ti rape someone there

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

Women near me are arranging a walking group after 3 of them have been chased by a paki through the park.. 3 days in a row here's been trying ti rape someone there

I have seen multiple (male) social media talking heads and journos posting about how 'crime isn't really on the rise' and 'saying the UK is dangerous is a right wing talking point', similar to the rise in anti-dog-articles I believe there's been a push for this type of commentary. I think I am going to start collecting every headline, police appeal, report, and credible allegation of rape, sexual assault, and harassment, against the men and women of the UK. It's absolutely fucking shocking. Rape in a city centre would have been unthinkable a few years ago

 

[Kofi Drinka]

I have seen multiple (male) social media talking heads and journos posting about how 'crime isn't really on the rise' and 'saying the UK is dangerous is a right wing talking point', similar to the rise in anti-dog-articles I believe there's been a push for this type of commentary. I think I am going to start collecting every headline, police appeal, report, and credible allegation of rape, sexual assault, and harassment, against the men and women of the UK. It's absolutely fucking shocking. Rape in a city centre would have been unthinkable a few years ago

Completely safe park, used to play there as a kid, walk dogs as an adult. Peaceful place with a pond you could fish. In the last week I've seen news of an attempted stabbing and 3 women chased. I don't know if there is a migrant hotel near it but something has changed in the last few months. It never used to be like this.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Women near me are arranging a walking group after 3 of them have been chased by a paki through the park.. 3 days in a row here's been trying ti rape someone there

Slightly doxxxing myself here, but when I first moved down souf, I wanted a good park to go for a jog through. The nearest one to me had a black with a machete chase a woman through it the same day of my arrival...and then at night, is apparently flooded with homos bumming each other.

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

and then at night, is apparently flooded with homos bumming each other.

To be fair, cottaging has existed since for-fucking-ever. Clapham common used to be known for it (I believe the lead singer for Alt J (faggot) was actually stabbed/mugged violently while trying to solicit sex in the common, he's written about it as a theme in his songs several times.) Sailors have been fucking on Brighton beach since the Navy began, it's the brown gang rapes that are new.

In a huge blow to British culture, FISH FRIDAY is now VERBOTEN. Schools will no longer be able to serve fried food, to reduce obesity, sausage rolls will be 'limited', and desserts must contain 50% fruit.

 

[Neetogenes]

Woman killed in dog attack at house:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79jr971p5do
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ed-dog-mauled-teenage-owner-death-father.html

From Daily Mail:

Jack Biscoe, 37, discovered his daughter unconscious between his bed and bedside table after coming home from KFC with his partner Steven Daniels, 43, on Friday evening. Mr Biscoe was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury resulting in death, then was subsequently released on bail on Saturday night.

From watching too many British crime dramas, I find this case extremely suspicious.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

and then at night, is apparently flooded with homos bumming each other.

How do you know this..?

Park loos are always full of bummers. Sick bastards.

In a huge blow to British culture, FISH FRIDAY is now VERBOTEN. Schools will no longer be able to serve fried food, to reduce obesity, sausage rolls will be 'limited', and desserts must contain 50% fruit.

Is Jamie Oliver being a twat again? How the fuck is a school supposed to provide all these lunches if they ban everything they can cook at a reasonable speed? It takes 25-30 minutes to cook a decent meal and it'll be cold by the time you serve all the kids. You need easy to cook and keep warm food.

From watching too many British crime dramas, I find this case extremely suspicious.

Two homos leave a kid (I presume) with a dangerous dog? That smells fishy

 

[Chunky Salsa]

How do you know this..?

There are women in the reviews of the park ranting that the police need to clean up the men 'materialising out of the woods looking for sex'.