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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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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47089719

A porn actor who filmed himself and his ex-partner having a threesome in front of passengers on the London Underground has been fined £1,000.

George Mason, 35, and Nicholas Mullan, 24, had sex with an unknown third man between Leicester Square and Waterloo stations, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.

A video was posted on Twitter with the caption "100% genuine footage".

Mason, of Southwark, admitted outraging public decency.

Mullan, of Belfast, was not fined but told to pay £170 costs and carry out a 12-month community order.

The incident happened in July 2017, but it was not reported until February last year, when it was posted on Twitter.

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Prosecutor Robert Simpson said "the two men in the dock engaged in various sexual acts" on the Tube "in the presence of the travelling public".

Mr Simpson said: "The incident is recorded by them and the video of what happened was subsequently uploaded on to Twitter, where another gay man saw it, thought that had crossed the line of what was acceptable behaviour and the incident was reported to the police."

An investigation discovered the footage was posted to an account linked to Mason.

Mullan was traced after another clip linked to an escort website in Northern Ireland, where he shared his mobile number under the name Toby.

The third man was never traced.

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Defending both Mason and Mullan, Howard Cohen said the video was recorded as the pair travelled back to Mason's flat after a day out.

He said: "During the course of the journey, the idea came about that they would have sexual relations on the train."

Chairing the bench, Lucinda Lubbock described the offence as "unpleasant and serious".

"The way it took place back in July, the seriousness of the offence, is exacerbated by the fact that it went on social media," she said.

"We feel that this is a lesson to both of you. As your defence lawyer said, you have been humiliated in the court of social media."
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Why anyone would do this I don't know. You're at risk of an STD just using the Tube normally.
 
Pretty hot tbh fam—

George Mason, 35, and Nicholas Mullan, 24, had sex with an unknown third man between Leicester Square and Waterloo stations, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
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Oh. I thought it was the sexy kind of threesome. Throw the book at them! This degeneracy should not be tolerated uwu
 
Looking at the BBFC BANNED FOREVER list there's:

- A martini advertisment
- Ilsa, She-wolf of the SS
- Three more martini advertisment
- Diesel Jeans advert that had Jesus in it
- Urotsukidoji IV Part One: The Secret Garden, animu
- Lost in the Hood, gay porn
- Weeds: Season 2 DVD Extra, best to keep the brits in the dark about weed.
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- My Daughter's a Cocksucker, that sounds like part of a series, maybe the rest passed?

They should go back to their old funny standard with things like if the incline of a penis goes above 45 degrees it's illegal.
 
I like how the cause was championed by a guy named "Jackman".
 
They should celebrate this, as the new diversity in the UK. I'm sure they would have celebrated it as diversity if a child in drag was watching.
 
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They should celebrate this, as the new diversity in the UK. I'm sure they would have celebrated it as diversity if a child in drag was watching.
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Didn't you know homosexuality is part of white supremacy and privilege now babe? Because we're literally killing agender black people on Grindr.
 
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>between Leicester Square and Waterloo stations

Christ, they don't have much stamina, do they?
 
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