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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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Obscene porn rules relaxed in England
By Chris Fox Technology reporter
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Guidelines about what constitutes "obscene" pornography have been relaxed in England and Wales.

The Crown Prosecution Service had previously listed torture and bondage, among other acts, as obscene.

Distributing that type of pornography either on or offline could therefore have led to a prosecution.

But the CPS has now removed the list and replaced it with series of "tests" that determine whether an image or video is classed as obscene.

What has changed?
Owning or distributing an "obscene" video is an offence under the Obscene Publications Act.

Some of the acts previously listed by the CPS were legal to perform with a consenting adult, but were illegal to depict in photos or videos.

"Distributing" obscene material can simply mean sending a video via private message and it can be punished with time in prison.

While the definition of obscene is likely to mean more than just "shocking" or "disgusting", it is open to interpretation.

For that reason, the CPS previously offered guidance that described the sort of content that could lead to a prosecution.

The list included clearly illegal acts, such as having sex with an animal (bestiality).

However, it also listed practices that others argued were not harmful among consenting adults, such as:

  • sadomasochism
  • torture with instruments
  • bondage
  • activities involving "perversion", such as urinating or defecating on to the body
Now, the CPS has removed all the specific examples from its guidance.

"It is not for the CPS to decide what is considered good taste or objectionable," it said in a statement.

A new test
Instead of a list of forbidden acts, the new guidance says owning or producing pornographic material is unlikely to be prosecuted if:

  • it features consenting adults, where the provision of consent is made clear where consent may not be easily determined from the material itself
  • no serious harm is caused, whether physical or otherwise
  • it is not otherwise linked with other criminality
  • the likely audience is not under 18
The CPS said it would "continue to robustly apply the law to anything which crosses the line into criminal conduct and serious harm".

Lawyer Myles Jackman, who fought for the change, told BBC News: "I have campaigned for this important change to the English criminal law, which has a profound impact for free speech and privacy... for over 10 years."

Professional pornography
Since 2014 and the introduction of the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations, professional pornography sold online and in licensed adult stores falls under the R18 rating given by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

The BBFC's guidelines forbid "material judged to be obscene under the current interpretation of the Obscene Publications Act".

A spokeswoman told the BBC: "Because the Obscene Publications Act does not define what types of material are likely to be considered obscene, we rely upon guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as to what classes of material they consider likely to be suitable for prosecution.

"We are aware that the CPS have updated their guidance on Obscene Publications today and we have now adjusted our own internal policies to reflect that revised guidance."
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The Crown Prosecution Service had previously listed torture and bondage, among other acts, as obscene.

Distributing that type of pornography either on or offline could therefore have led to a prosecution.
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No wonder England is so fucked. They weren't even allowed proper porn
 
I don't quite get exactly why they have decided to stop this now considering it was under the same government that the stricter rules were put in place. Was it just that some lawyers finally looked at it and said "WOW THIS SHIT IS UNENFORCEABLE, WHO THE FUCK LET THIS PASS?"

Now, the CPS has removed all the specific examples from its guidance.

"It is not for the CPS to decide what is considered good taste or objectionable," it said in a statement.
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I mean I guess it's good the CPS has some sense to say that.
 
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Images of self-harm aren't allowed. Mutilating children to make them into trannies will be taxpayer-funded, however.

I fucking hate this shithole.
 
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I'm convinced now that someone high up in Parliament really fucking hates the internet. Just do away with it in your country already and have only state licensed BBC be the only media. That's the only way they'll be satisfied.
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Then they decide that even the BBC is too "offensive" to them and they decide to shut it down too.

You know the British government is that stupid and easily offended enough to do so.
 
BlueSpark said:
Images of self-harm aren't allowed. Mutilating children to make them into trannies will be taxpayer-funded, however.

I fucking hate this shithole.
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You know how we make fun of Indians for shitting on the streets? Do you think maybe Indians make fun of us for our obsession with mutilating our genitals?
 
Such a wasted opportunity. If Germany were to suddenly sack up and remove the mask of social justice and reveal some kind of evil goateed twin... They could accomplish things greater than the fuhrer could thanks to the immasculation of that entire half of the globe.
 
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