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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.

 

[DragoonSierra]

I think I just became a dog person now.
I love the bond between man and dog, coexisting and evolving together.

Cats never like me. T3T

cats like the slow blink

 

[Coccxys]

Police dogs are amazing to have. You have never seen fear in a criminal's eyes the way you will when confronted by a snarling German Shepherd. When you're in the station on duty they're just big softies who just wander around wanting a tickle.

One of the funniest moments when I was in the police was the guy who thought he could out run the dog. He got dragged all the way back to us.

 

[CWCissey]

Actors targeted in homophobic attack

The pair were appearing in Rotterdam, which tells the story of a young gay woman.

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Two actors were attacked on their way to a theatre performance in what was described as a "cowardly homophobic hate crime".

Lucy Jane Parkinson and Rebecca Banatvala were starring in Rotterdam, which tells the story of a young gay woman, at Southampton's NST Campus.

The theatre company said they were left "hugely shaken" after an object was thrown at them on Saturday afternoon.

Hampshire police said it had received a report of homophobic abuse.

The final two performances of the Olivier Award-winning play by Jon Brittain were cancelled as a result.

Image captionLucy Jane Parkinson was slightly hurt in the incident
The London-based couple said they were walking to the theatre for the matinee performance on Saturday when Ms Parkinson was hit by an object - possibly "stones", according to police - apparently thrown from a passing car.

Image copyrightROGER DAVIESImage captionThe play was taking place at Southampton's NST Campus theatre
Ms Parkinson said as she kissed her partner, fellow actor Ms Banatvala, she was struck and knocked to the ground, leaving her with slight injuries.

She said they heard "young boys laughing" as the car drove off.

Ms Parkinson said: "We're just two people looking for happiness like everybody else.

'Shocked and angry'
"I don't really understand why we're met with aggression, from strangers to strangers."

Ms Banatvala said she was left "really shocked, upset and angry".

"It's made realise the importance of this play and stories like it," she said. "It needs to be seen as something that is normal and regular and isn't something to be feared or attacked."

A statement from the show's production company, Hartshorn-Hook, said the pair were left "hugely shaken from this cowardly, homophobic hate crime".

Image copyrightHARTSHORN-HOOKImage captionRotterdam is on a UK tour following a successful West End run
Announcing the cancellation of Saturday's two performances, it added: "We are devastated that this kind of behaviour is still so prevalent, a fact which reinforces the importance of this play's message.

"We are doing all we can to support the team and thank our audiences and colleagues for their support."

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NST director Sam Hodges tweeted: "I am extremely sad that this sort of appalling behaviour is still happening anywhere, let alone in a city where we have worked so hard to promote a culture of tolerance, inclusivity and civic pride."

A Hampshire police spokeswoman said: "We have received a report from a third party relating to an incident which happened on Hill Lane, Southampton.

"It has been reported that homophobic abuse was shouted at two women, and stones thrown at them, by a the occupants of a passing car.

"The two women involved do not wish to pursue any police action."

The incident comes a few days after it was revealed that two women were left covered in blood following a homophobic attack on a night bus in London.

Image captionMelania Geymonat (right) and her date Chris were assaulted and robbed on a route N31 bus in Camden on 30 May

Don't forget to go see Rotterdam, showing at theatres near you!

 

[Coconut Gun]

We are devastated that this kind of behaviour is still so prevalent, a fact which reinforces the importance of this play's message.

The two women involved do not wish to pursue any police action.

How convenient.

Go ahead, keep making up stories like this. I'm sure the public isn't slowly but surely catching onto your shit.

 

[PN 801]

I welcome our muslim overlords and destroy this decadence.

 

[JB 236]

How convenient.

Go ahead, keep making up stories like this. I'm sure the public isn't slowly but surely catching onto your shit.

The police are absolutely fucking useless, there is zero point in contacting the police about being attacked on the street unless they have seen it or it is on camera, there is a 0% chance anyone will be called to account for beating you up if you report it and you do not know them. Unless you've been slotted or beaten to death, the police will not look, so it's pointless reporting it. That being said, the whole thing is attention seeking obviously and they deserved it.

 

[SmileyTimeDayCare]

"The two women involved do not wish to pursue any police action."

Fake and gay.

 

[Keep Yourself Safe]

If they rounded up all the youth from the local comprehensives and made them watch this play I'm sure the power of regional theatre would make them change their homophobic ways.

 

[Damn Near]

These dykes are no jussie smollett, i'll tell ya that much for free

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

Of course this is a fake story: Lesbians don't real.

 

[Philosophy Phil]

Luckily, being women they used their incredible strength as women to stand up to the attacker peacefully and heroically. A whole group of people saw this, and applauded the brave and strong act. Hillary Clinton herself appeared and gave the two a medal for "Bravery and strength against the Patriarchy." The two actresses are scheduled to win the Nobel Peace Prize later this year.

 

[Ebonic Tutor]

The theatre company said they were left "hugely shaken" after an object was thrown at them on Saturday afternoon.

Was it a milkshake perhaps? Cause please let it be a milkshake.

That is if the shits real, which it's not.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

The police are absolutely fucking useless, there is zero point in contacting the police about being attacked on the street unless they have seen it or it is on camera, there is a 0% chance anyone will be called to account for beating you up if you report it and you do not know them. Unless you've been slotted or beaten to death, the police will not look, so it's pointless reporting it. That being said, the whole thing is attention seeking obviously and they deserved it.

It's still a good idea to file a report and try to get some kind of legal response, even if the police are incompetent or lazy. It's much better for your cause than saying "this bad thing is totally an epidemic and we all see it all the time, but our desire to stop it falls just short of actually creating a chain of evidence or anything else that will convince doubters so that they actually trust us and help us". Saying "the police are useless but believe me anyway" is where the smolletts and the rolling stone rape cases come from.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

There's no stopping Nigerians in MAGA hats.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

How convenient.

Go ahead, keep making up stories like this. I'm sure the public isn't slowly but surely catching onto your shit.

Are you telling me you DON'T keep stones in your car to throw at people?

 

[TerribleIdeas™]

You watch some weird porn, I tell you.

Are you unaware of the "corrective rape gangs" that roam the streets of Niantic, Connecticut, endangering the lives of innocent, definitely genetic 100% women like Violet Hargrave, and in no way threaten virile Chads like Jake Alley, who totally doesn't resemble a garden gnome?

 

[Ambidextype]

Those lesbians probably wouldn't pursue any police action even after they suffer the same ordeal as the girls in Rotherham suffer, lesbians these days seem to rank lower in oppression hierarchy. That said British police is useless as fuck, they couldn't even go after Jimmy Saville let alone stop the Rotherham case until the damage was done only they got even more incompetent as more years go by.

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

There's no stopping Nigerians in MAGA hats.

It's obviously fucking fake as fuck but holy shit it would be delightful if they were towelheads.

Those lesbians probably wouldn't pursue any police action even after they suffer the same ordeal as the girls in Rotherham suffer, lesbians these days seem to rank lower in oppression hierarchy. That said British police is useless as fuck, they couldn't even go after Jimmy Saville let alone stop the Rotherham case until the damage was done only they got even more incompetent as more years go by.

British police is only somewhat useful if the perpetrator is a brit. The moment the suspect is revealed as a foreigner, specially a muslim, they will be as useful as a leftist trying to explain basic economics.

 

[W00K #17]

Any man that has a problem with seeing a mass of maggots writhing in a deer carcass is probably a closeted maggot himself.

I mean, define "problem". I hang deer heads on the wall against a broken down shed to keep them away from the rodents so they can rot away for a skull mounts, and I dont have any problem when I walk by them and check on their progress. But I would have a real big problem with them rotting like they are in my living room instead of a shed a hundred yards away. Relativity and all that.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

I mean, define "problem". I hang deer heads on the wall against a broken down shed to keep them away from the rodents so they can rot away for a skull mounts, and I dont have any problem when I walk by them and check on their progress. But I would have a real big problem with them rotting like they are in my living room instead of a shed a hundred yards away. Relativity and all that.

If it doesn't bother you, you clearly aren't a maggot. Not that there's anything wrong with maggots, of course. Don't deplatform me bro.