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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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Down's syndrome: Campaigners say abortions 'need 24-week limit' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51612884
A law allowing parents to terminate pregnancies where the foetus has Down's syndrome at any time up until its birth should be changed, campaigners say.
They have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying all non-fatal disabilities should be subject to the standard 24-week abortion limit.
Heidi Crowter, who has the condition, said the law was "deeply offensive".
The government said any decision to terminate "must rest on the judgement of the woman and her doctors".
'Unloved and unwanted'
The Down's Syndrome Association estimates about 40,000 people in the UK live with the condition - which is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome in a baby's cells.
Ms Crowter told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme the current law, contained within the 1967 Abortion Act, made her feel "unloved and unwanted".
She said her life was as valuable as someone who does not have Down's syndrome.
Her mother, Liz Crowter, called for the law to be updated to recognise "all babies in the womb are treated the same".
Cheryl Bilsborrow, whose two-year-old son Hector has Down's syndrome, described the present law as "downright discrimination".
She said, as an older mother, she had felt pushed into taking a test to detect if her baby would likely have the condition.
Then, she added, she felt "pressured to terminate", saying she was offered an abortion at full term, three days before giving birth to Hector.
Ms Bilsborrow said she was told by a medical professional: "You do know we still terminate babies with Down's syndrome at 38 weeks?".
She told the programme: "I was completely blown away, shocked and disgusted."
She described Hector as a child who was "gorgeous" and loved.
"All babies - and children - should be treated equal," she added.
The Department of Health and Social Care told the BBC "any decision to terminate must rest on the judgement of the woman and her doctors.
"Only when two doctors both agree there is a risk a child will be born with a serious abnormality can an abortion take place outside the 24-week limit," it added.
What is the abortion law in England, Scotland and Wales?
Abortions can take place in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy in England, Scotland and Wales.
However, they have to be approved by two doctors. They must agree having the baby would pose a greater risk to the physical or mental health of the woman than a termination.
Abortions were illegal before the introduction of the 1967 Abortion Act, which initially allowed them to take place up to 28 weeks. This was reduced to 24 weeks in 1990.
Abortions after 24 weeks are allowed only if:
■ The woman's life is in danger
■ There is a severe foetal abnormality
■ The woman is at risk of grave physical and mental injury
Since 2018, women in England have been allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills at home, rather than in a clinic. This brings the rules in line with Scotland and Wales.
Abortion was illegal in Northern Ireland until October last year, when it was decriminalised.
What are the UK's laws on abortion?
As part of the campaign, Ms Bilsborrow and Ms Crowther are also calling for the 24-week abortion limit to be extended to all non-fatal disabilities, as well as Down's syndrome.
But the charity British Pregnancy Advisory Service said it opposed "any attempt to stop women from making their own decisions about whether or not to continue a pregnancy".
"We have long believed that abortion should not be governed by the criminal law, but by medical law - which would enable women and their doctors to come to a decision about their pregnancy without having to meet specific legal criteria".
It said individual women were "only trying to make the best decision for their families".
"There is no contradiction between doing all we can to ensure the rights of people with disabilities while protecting women's ability to make their own decisions in pregnancy," it added.
In some severe cases, issues such as those affecting foetal brain development may not be diagnosed until the third trimester.
Ms Crowther told the BBC she "understands" a 24-week limit would prohibit the choices of some women, but that "most disabilities would be found before 24 weeks".
The average life expectancy for a person with Down's syndrome is between 50 and 60 - with a small number of people living into their seventies.
Heidi, 24, urged those expecting a child with the condition to "meet someone with Down's syndrome, and really get to know them.
"Don't be scared," she added. "See that there's a person behind [the extra] chromosome."
Follow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.
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Bringing this over from the Scotland joke thread.



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'West Yorkshire Police cyber prevention officer called himself 'vile degrader' and accessed sadistic images of babies being sexually abused'

A West Yorkshire Police cyber prevention officer downloaded sadistic images of babies being sexually abused, a jury heard.
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Ahh West Yorkshire police. Isnt their hate crime unit best buddies with susie ‘castrator’ green of mermaids fame? I wonder if this PCSO was involved in their recent greatest hits (arresting poise Parker, chumming up with mermaids, grooming the NHS etc?)
 
LetThemEatCake said:
I don't really drink tea (yeah, I know, bad English person) but if I did, I'd switch to Yorkshire Tea for not crumbling into bits and begging for forgiveness in the face of the SJW crowd.
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Who knew the most effective counter to this generation's communist insurgency was tea? The UK may have saved us all.
 
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In other fantastic news: The BBC may have contracted Kung Flu!

Nick Robinson tested for coronavirus: BBC Radio 4 host self-isolates for at least two days
Nick Robinson revealed the news on Twitter today (Image: TWITTER • NICK ROBINSON)
In view of his 964,000 followers, Nick wrote: “Two days self-isolation at home. What to watch/read? The Irishman? United beating Watford? Democratic debate? Any other thoughts. Need light relief after reading brilliant but harrowing books about. Vietnam War & Killing Fields.”
In a follow up tweet, he said: “Thoughts go to all those on NHS frontline working to keep us safe from coronavirus. Thanks to staff at @WhitHealth who tested me last night on return from great holiday in Vietnam & Cambodia.
“Routine precautionary check on doctors advice. Hope for all clear within 48 hours.”
The Whittington Health Trust replied to Nick’s tweet, saying: “Hi Nick, thank you for your support. Hope you get the all clear as soon as possible.”
The BBC broadcaster now has to wait 48 hours before he is given the results after being tested for the virus.
It comes after UK authorities have been advising anyone travelling abroad to self-isolate for 14 days, even if they aren't showing symptoms.
The killer virus - for which there is still no vaccine or cure - has hit the UK, Germany and France in recent weeks, with multiple cases confirmed.
Italy has seen a recent surge in the coronavirus outbreak as the virus continues to spread.
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Please let them all have it
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AnOminous said:
What is that nut even reeeeing about?
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer took a light hearted snap where he's doing a brew round for the office in front of a massive bag of Yorkshire Teabags.

Speds on the left threatened a boycott of a British institution because REEEEEE TORIES BAD ESPECIALLY THE PAKIS WHO BORIS ARE USING TO HIDE HIS RACISM THE RACIST SEXIST OAF LOL ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN BOO AUSTERITY KILLED 20 GORILLION TRANNY WHEELCHAIR DARKIES etc
 
LetThemEatCake said:
I don't really drink tea (yeah, I know, bad English person) but if I did, I'd switch to Yorkshire Tea for not crumbling into bits and begging for forgiveness in the face of the SJW crowd.
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I'm cartoonishly American and am tempted to order some and not even with the intent to toss it in Boston Harbor because of this.

Hopefully it comes with instructions, because if God intended for Americans to drink tea it'd be grown here. I know it has something to do with hot water and bricks of sugar, but the secrets were all lost 250 years ago.
 
kcbbq said:
Hopefully it comes with instructions, because if God intended for Americans to drink tea it'd be grown here. I know it has something to do with hot water and bricks of sugar, but the secrets were all lost 250 years ago.
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Put 1 bag in your favourite mug, add 1 or 2 sugars, boil kettle, add boiling water into mug, add a dob of mi.lk (don't be a poof with milky tea) the general rule is a good cuppa is the same colour as He-Man, I personally tend to go He-Man Just Back From Holiday.

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Mash the tea bag against the spoon, add a biscuit of your choice, fuck off with that Oreo shite.
 
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CWCissey said:
Put 1 bag and in your favourite mug, add 1 or 2 sugars, boil kettle, add boiling water into mug, add a dob of tard cum (don't be a poof with milky tea) the general rule is a good cuppa is the same colour as He-Man, I personally tend to go He-Man Just Back From Holiday.

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Mash the tea bag against the spoon, add a biscuit of your choice, fuck off with that Oreo shite.
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Can you have sausage gravy with the biscuit, or is that too messy?
 
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Can you have sausage gravy with the biscuit, or is that too messy?
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Wrong kind of biscuit, that goes in a stew and is known as a dumpling here.

Recommendations for biccies are Ginger Nuts, Rich Tea, Digestives, Hobnobs, Jammy Dodgers or Bourbons. Jaffa Cakes are also recommended, but they're not biscuits, just biscuit sized.
 
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. Jaffa Cakes are also recommended, but they're not biscuits, just biscuit sized.
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Of course, there was a legal battle over it and everything!

I'd go for a rich tea or a digestive. If you dunk too long with a hobnob they tend to flake off, and despite hobnobs being the best, I don't want it at the bottom of my mug.
 
CWCissey said:
Recommendations for biccies are Ginger Nuts, Rich Tea, Digestives, Hobnobs, Jammy Dodgers or Bourbons. Jaffa Cakes are also recommended, but they're not biscuits, just biscuit sized.
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I'm sorry friend but I can't help but notice you left out the best biscuit the Custard Cream I am going to have to report you and request you be stripped of your citizenship.
 
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