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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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When I was in France it seemed everyone could speak English, and when I was in Germany five years ago, the Germans would hear my accent or when I was talking with friends and summon the person who could speak it fluently.

I have two friends currently holidaying in Spain and Morocco. Both places speak fluent, easy English.
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I had a different experience, Spaniards can't speak English even their lives depend on it, Portuguese are slighting better, French do better but they get a bit offended if you ask them in English but would be really nice if you try in French even if you fail horribly at it. Germans and Swedes are good at it, Dutch can be easily confused with a native speaker and Morrocans are pretty much the jacks of all trades when it comes to speaking foreign languages.
 
Maybe they should focus on teaching things that are actually useful so the next generation of kids don't struggle with "adulting".
 
Francis E. Dec Esc. said:
Pidgin too.

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How poo-poo trap woman for window - BBC News Pidgin

British guy, Liam Smith, meet woman wey im wan friend, but di very first waka dem do together come end with fire service, over poo-poo matter.
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You know your country is on the right track when you have people translating articles so homo erectus can understand them

Give it another decade or two, and it might have to be translated further into simple grunts
 
I went on an instensive French course in Switzerland for a week when I was at secondary school and the only phrase I learned was “Qui a peté?”

I’ll leave y’all to google translate that one.
 
according to the British Council, 75% of the world's population does not speak English.
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As opposed to one quarter of the world’s population? That’s a lot of fucking English speakers.
 
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Cat burglar steals milkman's money

Feline felon Theo has a long record of stealing items from neighbours' houses.
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A kleptomaniac cat notorious for stealing items from its neighbours has "finally brought home something of real value" - £25.70 in cash.

Pilfering puss Theo became known for thieving Christmas decorations and toys in Ipswich, which owner Rachael Drouet would then try to return.

She had joked it might be useful if he brought home cash instead of "tat".

So he did. The eight-year-old Siamese cross stole the money a neighbour had left out for the milkman.

Ms Drouet and her family recently moved to a new house in the town and thought Theo might have left his thieving habits behind him.

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There was a note in the bag with the owner's address on it
Far from mending his ways, the filching feline upped his game and stole a plastic bag containing the cash.

Luckily there was a note inside with an address, and Ms Drouet's partner Paul Edwards was able to return the money to their neighbour.

"He explained we have an Asbo cat," Ms Drouet said.

"The young lad smiled, took the money and acted like that kind of thing happened all the time."

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Owner Rachael Drouet said Theo had a varied history of nicking neighbours' belongings
Mr Edwards said it had been a "great way for me to introduce our cat's behaviour to the new neighbours".

The couple said: "Stern words [were] had with Theo - he said he thought it was his old favourite - an empty charity bag.

"Mistake pointed out, he was full of apologies."

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In the past Rachael Drouet has taken to social media to track down the rightful owners of her pet's haul of stolen goods
Cat biologist and behaviourist Roger Tabor said cats often brought home "trophies" but this was usually food scavenged from bins.

"The real cat burglars are those that regularly bring back an assortment of human-associated objects," he said.

This could be because they were not taught by their mothers to catch live prey, he added.

"Without the normal learning interactions of a mother or other kittens, they have become particularly fixated on 'toys' and continue to hunt them."
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What have you been up to @CatParty?
 
Milkman should've known when he didn't pay his dues; you don't fuck around with the Meowfia.
 
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