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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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This one is going to be a headache for the uni.


The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is facing fierce criticism after reportedly suspending students who shared details of racist incidents online.

The Preston university has been attacked over its treatment of whistleblowers who posted pictures of a student who had an offensive slur and a swastika scrawled across his chest. Drama students Elizabeth and Jemima said they shared the images to social media months after making complaints to the university.

But the pair were allegedly suspended last week and accused of bringing the organisation into disrepute. That action came after Elizabeth posted a photo showing a male student with “I hate n****s” and the Nazi symbol both written in red lipstick. This was alongside images of the same student dressed in blackface in a school play.

Elizabeth accused university leaders of failing to take action in response to the photographs. After being suspended, she told the Independent: “Honestly I’m not coping very well, the thought of losing my degree and being expelled is so scary, especially if we don’t get justice then we would have done all this for nothing."

In a recent post to Instagram, Elizabeth said: "We're waiting at the moment for further stuff to happen before we give a proper update on the situation, but continue to share."

The unnamed UCLan student in the picture claimed the words were drawn by his girlfriend and insisted he “had no control over what was written.” He said it was part of a drinking game in which she was asked to “write the most offensive thing possible” and that he had not agreed to any photo being taken.

Jemima said: “This is a slap in the face and not what I hoped would come out of this. The university was made aware of this issue, we reported it in line with their policy and no action was taken until we, essentially, called them out publicly."

The university is now facing criticism for the suspensions from both inside and outside the institution. UCLan alumni Reni Eddo-Lodge, an award-winning journalist and writer whose work has focused on exposing structural racism, tweeted that she was not shocked by what had happened.

She also posted: “That my alma mater chose to suspend the students who exposed racism is an absolute disgrace. Don’t dare claim me as a success while engaging in this nonsense. Reinstate the students immediately."

Preston City Councillor Pav Akhtar, who is also Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at NHS Blood and Transplant and Director of UK Black Pride, added to the condemnation. He said: “Hopefully the pressure will force. @UCLan to undo its decision to suspend Black students who called out racism. Punishing people who report racism discourages reporting, and makes students less safe.”

A spokesperson for the university said: “At the University of Central Lancashire we do not condone any form of racism, harassment, bullying or hate crime and our ethos is for everyone to treat each other with respect. We take matters such as this very seriously and have been carrying out a number of investigations into all aspects of this case. As soon as we were made aware of the issue we took immediate steps to investigate. It would not be appropriate to share the details of the case nor breach the confidentiality of the individuals involved as we deal with this matter.”
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FT reporting that Labour is about to scrap their commitment to ending tuition fees.

potato fan said:
Jesus Christ, UK was THIS FUCKING CLOSE to making one, ONE! thing right, and in the end fucked up nonetheless. Weird how they never seem to fail in doing the wrong things, like prosecuting people for mean tweets or putting someone who stopped a terrorist attack on the "possible terrorist" watchlist, somehow in such cases no all-powerful "human rights" political body intervenes
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One thing right? How is sending refugees to Rwanda only to get more back in return who are needing consistent medical treatment and social services a good thing?

You think those Clowns were ever going to do something right that isn't them pretending to do something good in the eyes of voters while the murdoch tabloid media hides the mess from their reporting?
 
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CWCissey said:
Yep. Students are expected to do dumb shit, I believe the author was black too.
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Per the news articles yes. Per the picture accompanying it too.

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So the chain of logic now presumably goes;
Black person saying that slur = okay
Black person writing it = still okay
Black person writing it on a white canvas - okay as long as that canvas is not a human.
 
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Morethanabitfoolish said:
Per the news articles yes. Per the picture accompanying it too.

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So the chain of logic now presumably goes;
Black person saying that slur = okay
Black person writing it = still okay
Black person writing it on a white canvas - okay as long as that canvas is not a human.
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That man’s stomach is disgustingly hairy.
 
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UK troops filmed having orgy at barracks, barred from NATO deployment

Hundreds of British paratroopers were banned from a NATO deployment after videos surfaced of an orgy with a civilian woman in the barracks that had some soldiers watching on, according to reports.

Eight paratroopers serving in the UK’s 16 Air Assault Brigade were under police investigation over a video of them having sex with a civilian woman who had been snuck into the Merville barracks in Colchester, it was revealed earlier this month.

The woman had been snuck into the barracks as many as 31 times over the past five months, according to The Times of London.

The UK’s new head of the Army, Gen. Sir Patrick Sanders, told his generals and commanding officers in a letter he would not “risk the mission or the reputation of the British army” by sending the troops abroad, The Times reported.

Although military police ultimately determined that no crime was committed, Sanders reportedly said in the letter that the incident could have appeared to “denigrate women” and was against the army’s values.

“My message to the army is clear – our license to operate is founded on trust and confidence and we must hold ourselves to the highest standards,” Sanders wrote. He added that “such behavior is unacceptable, corrosive and detrimental to the army’s reputation,” according to The Times.

“I am not prepared to risk the Nato mission or the reputation of the British army by deploying 3 Para at this time.”


The news of the orgy follows a series of incidents during an exercise in North Macedonia in May, when several soldiers were accused “unprofessional behavior” during the drill.
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
Eight under investigation but hundreds banned. That must have been one hell of a gang bang.
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Near as I can tell it's 8 in that gang bang plus however many watching on because there's nothing good on tv whatever streaming service they have. However she's been there 31 times meaning it was likely not a one off. So basically the entire barracks know who she is and why she's there.
 
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Morethanabitfoolish said:
Near as I can tell it's 8 in that gang bang plus however many watching on because there's nothing good on tv whatever streaming service they have. However she's been there 31 times meaning it was likely not a one off. So basically the entire barracks know who she is and why she's there.
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31 times. As well-used as a dishrag and just as clean, probably.
 
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