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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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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.

 

[Sissy Galvez]

Most kids who are at the top of their class in poor areas are at the bottom of the class when compared to upper class children. This is just setting them up for failure.

 

[RodgerDodger]

We are witnessing the death of the Academy and the Death of the west.

 

[moocow]

Why must people fuck with middle aged and old men trying to enjoy themselves?

Men are waaaaaaay down there at the bottom of the "progressive stack" and old men are a mere footnote in western society. They are utterly expendable, along with everything they do and care about on a personal level. Nobody really gives a damn if somebody wrecks their stuff (and they tend to be punished harshly for defending themselves), so they make nice soft targets.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

Men are waaaaaaay down there at the bottom of the "progressive stack" and old men are a mere footnote in western society. They are utterly expendable, along with everything they do and care about on a personal level. Nobody really gives a damn if somebody wrecks their stuff (and they tend to be punished harshly for defending themselves), so they make nice soft targets.

In Britain, anyways.

Texas looks better and better with 'just shoot the bastards'.

Or at least flog the little shits.

 

[aFairlyOddFaggot]

I wonder, who could have done this?

Its wierd that my assumption that the culprit was some middle class pampered white kid, was changed by the fact that its in the UK, so it must be a muslim.

 

[Maxliam]

Its wierd that my assumption that the culprit was some middle class pampered white kid, was changed by the fact that its in the UK, so it must be a muslim.

Maybe the imam told them locomotives were devil magic. These people legit believe witches actually exist. Muzzies are that stupid.

 

[Fork Cartel]

After fuming for 30 seconds thinking about belting the little fuckers I started thinking what kind of non-physical punishment I'd mete out if one of these shits was mine. Let's be real, if they're delinquents, their parents are footing the bills and the kids themselves learn nothing.

First of all I'd get in contact with the people who had their work destroyed and asked about any work they had around the house. Then the little bastard would be drafted to become their little bitch. Rake their leaves, do their laundry, work back the hours upon hours that you wrecked in a moment. I'm talking doing this housework for nothing until they're fucking eighteen, and after that if they still want to keep living under my roof, they're going to keep doing it. They want to live in their parents' house until 30, they're going to be raking every single model train enthusiast's leaves until they're 30. They'll be hitting their forehead on the ground apologizing for existing to these people even if I have to powerbomb them to do it.

I know, it has a flaw: They'd just skip work and rebel. But kids are material. Their computers and smartphones are their lifelines, and I will format their fucking everything every single time they step out of line. All their contacts, bookmarks, hobbies, porn, gone. Fucking dare to tell me that it's "years worth gone" because you know how many years they themselves took from someone else.

Such tard rage just over some manchildrens’ toys lol, time for those sheltered fags to learn no one gives a shit about their autistic pastimes or how long they spent arranging each individual deck chair on their titanic replica.

What’s happened to you people to suddenly make you whiteknight a bunch of train speds? It’s like a completely different forum.

 

[Dysnomia]

They should put these brats in a work camp and make them toil away the value by busting rocks and digging ditches all day.

 

[Clovis]

...Yeah but it's Lincolnshire, so the miscreants are probably not ethnics, just inbred yokel chavscum.

other poor choices that teens regularly make include drunk driving and unprotected sex, the results of those choices are much worse. While this was a very shitty thing to do, it is good to maintain some perspective.

I dunno. I feel the difference is those things give more understandable personal gratification in the moment. I dont condone, but i can relate. Regardless of the magnitude pf the consequences there's just something especially hard to accept about gleeful destruction of other people's shit.

 

[hambeerlyingnreed]

Most kids who are at the top of their class in poor areas are at the bottom of the class when compared to upper class children. This is just setting them up for failure.

I'll try not to PL, but this is very true. Kids in poor areas are seen as exceptional - in a good way - if they can read and write, have knowledge about things from sources like PBS and TLC (back when the L stood for Learning and not Loser) and library books. It really skews with kids ideas about what it means to be successful, because being the best kid in class next to Jerome and Latisha isn't the same thing as being in a class with kids who had tutors and took vacations to the places you only saw on TV. Also, if you get all As in school and go to a good university, you're now competing alongside all the other kids who got all As. It's a totally different ballgame than competing against kids who see getting an F as something to brag about, or students who just can't even try to half-ass it.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Because employers take that shit seriously.

That's what people repeat mindlessly to one another to feel smart, but in my experience employers are people, people are lazy. A degree means a certain skill floor, at least theoretically. So that makes hiring easier. But you know what's even easier? Hiring the person in front of you right now.

There. Is no "employer" social group, so acting like they are a hivemind is silly. They're just more idiots pretending to know what they're doing and hoping nobody notices they actually have no idea.

 

[Slap47]

I don't see a problem with this, they aren't using race they are using level of wealth. The system they are using is wide open to abuse - judging by poorest district seems like a strange thing to do too - but if they are going to do some stupid shit to combat their poor public image I would prefer they do something like this as opposed to restricting it to 'Asians' or women something. And if they are just giving them a chance they otherwise wouldn't have taken but are qualified for - which is what this article implies - then great.

Rich people will just buy up homes in shit neighborhoods

 

[Slap47]

We are witnessing the death of the Academy and the Death of the west.

Most of the UK's prime ministers have come from one highschool.

Those elite schools are shit and Oxford is only good because of its publisher.

 

[pwnest injun]

There are certain sectors of business and society where you will never have access without a degree from a prestigious university. Those areas are shrinking though. Rapidly.

 

[Slimy Time]

Not surprising. Oxford and Cambridge in spite of the academic brilliance there, is full of fucking commies, be it the faculty or the students. I know someone who went to one of these universities for postgraduate studies, some of the people there (mainly those studying education) are completely unhinged.

Oxford and Cambridge are entirely based on old traditions and beyond snobbish practices, including a £300-£400 per ticket ball, or requiring white tie for certain dinners. It just won't match.

 

[Antique Rice]

They have received £80,000 in donations, Rod Stewart donated £10,000.

Police arrest four teenage boys over model railway wrecking spree

Well-wishers have now raised more than £85,000 for Market Deeping Model Railway Club in Lincolnshire after vandals smashed up its 'priceless' annual exhibition.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Kind of funny, I saw a clip on YouTube earlier this week on how much of a model train sperg Rod Stewart is. Not surprised he pitched in.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

If I were the God Judge of Britain, I would give them five years in prison and forced repayment of 5x the value of the set.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Hey kids! Want to show how tough you really are? See that line of big motorcycles outside that bar over there? Yeah the one where the guys wearing leather vests just went in? I dare you to kick those over. So much braver than trashing old people's little hobby trains.

I'm pretty sure this was more about the vulnerability of the victims and not about the glory of the act.

I just realized something, anybody else find it strange that nobody videotaped the vandalism or took selfies with the wreckage? The people who do shit like this are not usually the long-game type.

 

[ThingsFallApart]

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What those kids did is really shit but it seems like every generation thinks their youths are getting worse. The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers. Attributed to Socrates (469-399BC) 195. Socrates (469-399 B.C.). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989 195. Socrates (469-399 B.C.). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989 www.bartleby.com

 

[Introvertigo]

Theresa May quits: UK set for new PM by end of July

An emotional Theresa May confirms she will step down as Tory leader on 7 June, saying she has done all she can and a new prime minister will have to deliver Brexit.

www.bbc.com

Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister.

In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and it was a matter of "deep regret" that she had been unable to do so.

Mrs May said she would continue to serve as PM while a Conservative leadership contest took place.

The party said it hoped a new leader could be in place by the end of July.

It means Mrs May will still be prime minister when US President Donald Trump makes his state visit to the UK at the start of June.

Asked about the prime minister's announcement, Mr Trump said: "I feel badly for Theresa. I like her very much. She's a good woman. She worked very hard. She's very strong."

Mrs May said she would step down as Tory leader on 7 June and had agreed with the chairman of Tory backbenchers that the contest to replace her should begin the following week.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has become the latest MP to say that he will run, joining Boris Johnson, Esther McVey and Rory Stewart.

More than a dozen other MPs are believed to be seriously considering entering the contest.

In her statement, delivered in Downing Street, Mrs May said she had done "everything I can" to convince MPs to support the withdrawal deal she had negotiated with the European Union but it was now in the "best interests of the country for a new prime minister to lead that effort".

She added that, in order to deliver Brexit, her successor would have to build agreement in Parliament.

"Such a consensus can only be reached if those on all sides of the debate are willing to compromise," she said.

• Nearly 3 years as prime minister, following David Cameron
• 6 years before that, as home secretary
• Failed to win 2017 general election outright, but stayed PM
• Remain voter in the 2016 EU referendum
• Brexit dominated her time at 10 Downing Street

Mrs May's voice shook as she ended her speech saying: "I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold. The second female prime minister, but certainly not the last.

"I do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love."

The prime minister had faced a backlash from her MPs after announcing her latest Brexit plan earlier this week, which included concessions aimed at attracting cross-party support.

The Conservative Party said the likely timetable for the leadership contest was that nominations would close during the week beginning 10 June, with candidates whittled down to the final two to by the end of the month.

Those names would then be put to a vote of party members before the end of July.

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who is seen as the front-runner to succeed Mrs May, told an economic conference in Switzerland on Friday: "We will leave the EU on October 31, deal or no deal."

He said a new leader would have "the opportunity to do things differently".

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mrs May had been "right to resign" and that the Conservative Party was now "disintegrating".

Theresa May is right to resign. She's now accepted what the country's known for months: she can't govern, and nor can her divided and disintegrating party.

Whoever becomes the new Tory leader must let the people decide our country’s future, through an immediate General Election.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 24, 2019

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called her a "true public servant" and Chancellor Philip Hammond said it had been a "privilege" to serve alongside her.

Mrs May's predecessor, David Cameron - who resigned as prime minister after campaigning for Remain and losing the referendum - said she should be thanked for her "tireless efforts".

He added: "I know how painful it is to accept that your time is up and a new leader is required. She has made the right decision - and I hope that the spirit of compromise is continued."

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wished Mrs May well despite "profound disagreements" but added: "The prospect of an even more hardline Brexiteer now becoming PM and threatening a no-deal exit is deeply concerning."

Democratic Unionist Party Leader Arlene Foster, whose party supported Mrs May's government in power after the Conservatives lost their majority in the 2017 election, praised Mrs May's "dutiful approach on national issues".

Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable said Mrs May's compromises with the right-wing of her party had been blame for her departure, adding: "The best and only option remains to take Brexit back to the people. I believe the public would now choose to stop Brexit."

But Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage said two Conservative leaders whose "instincts were pro-EU" had now gone and the party either "learns that lesson, or it dies".