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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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Bender said:
They must be some fucking good chips to warrant a 200-mile round trip.
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Have you ever tasted what the gods would eat? I mean like, every pantheon you can think of right up to the Aramaic religions?

Because I can guarantee you, that they would have Whitby Fish n Chips on the menu. Fresh Scampi, or the Fresh, ocean caught fish from that place with the absolute perfection of their chips is beyond Godly.

I recommend Abby Wharf which does excellent Seafood, or Mister Chips, which The Grand Tour used for catering when they went to Whitby.
 
Ponderous Pillock said:
Have you ever tasted what the gods would eat? I mean like, every pantheon you can think of right up to the Aramaic religions?

Because I can guarantee you, that they would have Whitby Fish n Chips on the menu. Fresh Scampi, or the Fresh, ocean caught fish from that place with the absolute perfection of their chips is beyond Godly.

I recommend Abby Wharf which does excellent Seafood, or Mister Chips, which The Grand Tour used for catering when they went to Whitby.
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Good enough for Count Dracula, good enough for anyone.
 
Ponderous Pillock said:
Have you ever tasted what the gods would eat? I mean like, every pantheon you can think of right up to the Aramaic religions?

Because I can guarantee you, that they would have Whitby Fish n Chips on the menu. Fresh Scampi, or the Fresh, ocean caught fish from that place with the absolute perfection of their chips is beyond Godly.

I recommend Abby Wharf which does excellent Seafood, or Mister Chips, which The Grand Tour used for catering when they went to Whitby.
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The best chips I've ever had were from a house converted into a chippie in Cornwall somewhere, it was on a roundabout and had like two parking spots, and from the Black Country Museum. The ones from Cornwall were actually crispy on the outside, never had chip shop chips with a crispy crunch before so that was mind-blowing, the ones from the museum were cooked in beef fat, I believe, and had a ton of flavour. Also a ton of fat, I drank those chips as much as I ate them. It was glorious.
 
Bender said:
The best chips I've ever had were from a house converted into a chippie in Cornwall somewhere, it was on a roundabout and had like two parking spots, and from the Black Country Museum. The ones from Cornwall were actually crispy on the outside, never had chip shop chips with a crispy crunch before so that was mind-blowing, the ones from the museum were cooked in beef fat, I believe, and had a ton of flavour. Also a ton of fat, I drank those chips as much as I ate them. It was glorious.
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Lincolnshire does a lot of beef fat, when my dad first moved there he loved it as it was how we used to eat them around here.

Now he's sick of them.

Beef fat is bae.
 
Best chips I've ever had was from the on-site one at the Beamish Museum near Durham.

Beef fat and cooked on a coal fire, and bits too.
 
Alas, places I've lived have never been all that good for chips, though the addition of gravy, and better still, onion gravy, is worth it on most chips. If only there was a place near here that does beef fat cooked chips in onion gravy. I may actually die happy.

However, the best takeaway curry I've had was from the Maha Bharat in Kingsbridge, Devon. Fuck Brick Lane, that's all for the tourists. This stuff is maybe not quite the real deal, but it's bloody nice. I recommend the special duck myself, with naga jolokia peppers (they are grown round there.) I was on a mediation about a year or so ago round there and stayed overnight the evening beforehand and ate it in my Travel Tavern room.

Oh god I'm salivating just thinking about it.
 
Real story apparently. The Titania McGrath thing had me assuming it was satire. I'm not sure if it's a metoo thing, or a social distancing thing.

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Man kisses elderly woman on cheek after helping free stuck lorry

The incident happened in Matlock
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It seems the woman was 70 years old. So in the middle of a pandemic lockdown some dirty truck driver goes out of his way to kiss a vulnerable stranger. I'd probably be a bit pissed off myself if a lorry driver kissed me.
 
MrBlueSocks said:
Real story apparently. The Titania McGrath thing had me assuming it was satire. I'm not sure if it's a metoo thing, or a social distancing thing.

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Man kisses elderly woman on cheek after helping free stuck lorry

The incident happened in Matlock
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It seems the woman was 70 years old. So in the middle of a pandemic lockdown some dirty truck driver goes out of his way to kiss a vulnerable stranger. I'd probably be a bit pissed off myself if a lorry driver kissed me.
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Yep, that changes things, thanks for the new info. I was originally on the lorry driver's side because I thought this was a bullshit sexual assault claim, but now more of the story's come out I'm indecisive, because he did technically violate the rules in place. This is gonna be a fun case to follow, IMO.
 
Bender said:
Yep, that changes things, thanks for the new info. I was originally on the lorry driver's side because I thought this was a bullshit sexual assault claim, but now more of the story's come out I'm indecisive, because he did technically violate the rules in place. This is gonna be a fun case to follow, IMO.
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To be clear, I think the police were categorising it as sexual assault, because it is sexual assault. I sure the lorry driver didn't mean any harm, thought he was being nice etc. But it is sexual assault, just like acting aggressively and grabbing someone's arm is assault even if there's no harm done .
It's minor, but that's what it actually is. If she complained to the police herself, then they have to address it . "Fuck off love, you were asking for it" doesn't fly anymore.
Basically, I'm not blaming the police for this one. They are behaving correctly according to the law I think.
(The other cases of inspecting shopping bags , drones etc, that's all on them)
 
MrBlueSocks said:
To be clear, I think the police were categorising it as sexual assault, because it is sexual assault. I sure the lorry driver didn't mean any harm, thought he was being nice etc. But it is sexual assault, just like acting aggressively and grabbing someone's arm is assault even if there's no harm done .
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Don't crimes require intent? You yourself said you're sure he didn't mean any harm. He kissed her on the cheek as a "thank you", not to get any sexual gratification from it. Fuck's sake, I've seen complete strangers kiss each other on the cheek when they first meet multiple times.

However, with Coronavirus going I can understand why she'd be uncomfortable, but if an unwanted kiss on the cheek is sexual assault then I've been incestually sexually assaulted by many family members.
 
Ginger Piglet said:
Could be worse. He could have attacked her with a bicycle wheel.
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Don't even joke about that, I've lost a family member who was mistaken for a rival gang member in a bicycle wheel attack when all he had to defend himself was a shotgun and a machete. He had no chance.
 
Bender said:
Don't crimes require intent? You yourself said you're sure he didn't mean any harm. He kissed her on the cheek as a "thank you", not to get any sexual gratification from it. Fuck's sake, I've seen complete strangers kiss each other on the cheek when they first meet multiple times.

However, with Coronavirus going I can understand why she'd be uncomfortable, but if an unwanted kiss on the cheek is sexual assault then I've been incestually sexually assaulted by many family members.
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Reasonable belief can be a bitch. If they are going after him for Sexual Assault in the UK it requires.
  • Person (A) intentionally causes another person (B) to engage in an activity,
  • The activity is sexual,
  • B does not consent to engaging in the activity, and
  • A does not reasonably believe that B consents
It's weak af. Is a peck on the cheek sexual? Doubt it (but who knows in the current clown world). Did he reasonably believe that she consented? This is where Coronachan comes into play. Would a reasonable person believe that a random 70 year old person want a kiss on the cheek from a stranger when they are in the vulnerable bracket? Maybe not.

Overall it's stupid af. Police are sticking their noses into something that doesn't need to be investigated because they have nothing better to do. Go investigate real crimes instead of these matters.
 
So I'm curious as to why Jeremy Corbyn's brother is promoting hydroxychloroquine and doing protests against Boris's lockdown like you see in USA.

Disspells the whole American media about it being a Far-Right thing and I doubt has shares in the company.
 
Hull mum disgusted as 11-year-old set 'hardcore porn' homework.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Sex education shouldn't be a thing before puberty. Frankly asking 11 year olds to define revenge porn and rough sex and sexting is not appropriate.

Also, lol @ it being called Archbishop Sentamu Academy. The school that is. There was a vogue for trying to be as woke as possible in naming things in the British public sector for a while. This is how there's a Sojourner Truth Terrace in Hackney and a Steve Biko Way in Hounslow.
 
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Hull mum disgusted as 11-year-old set 'hardcore porn' homework.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Sex education shouldn't be a thing before puberty. Frankly asking 11 year olds to define revenge porn and rough sex and sexting is not appropriate.

Also, lol @ it being called Archbishop Sentamu Academy. The school that is. There was a vogue for trying to be as woke as possible in naming things in the British public sector for a while. This is how there's a Sojourner Truth Terrace in Hackney and a Steve Biko Way in Hounslow.
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Bet you she spent hours getting he self to look like that for a picture no one gives a shit about

absolutely delusional
 
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