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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679

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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spread happiness@p4leandp1nk
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#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs

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10:07 AM - Jan 3, 2019

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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.

 

[soulless guarantee]

Just got done vooting. Ended up going for reform rather than spoiling my ballot. I live in a solid labour urban area. Conservatives wouldn't stand a chance here, and tbh i think the reform manifesto is OK and serves as a decent protest vote showing my displeasure with the mainstream political opinion and pointing towards what I would want.

The area might get some swing to the greens from the young white Liberal students who live in the area. Our flat received 3 x Labour leaflets (1 per person, strangely enough all 3 were different) and 1 hand-dropped communist party - which I had to do a double take on as I was surprised by their gender critical stance. Strangely no green party, which I would've thought would go down well in the area between the white Liberal students and the pro-gaza Muslim population.

I think a big talking point will be the overall numbers for reform even though they won't get many seats - but the mainstream will just hand wave that away by saying only seats matter as a way to judge public desire.

Now on my way into the office in a solidly SJW sector. Fortunately I won't have much desk time so I won't have to engage with people on the election - and ultimately lie and tell them I spoilt my ballot. Also fortunate that tomorrow, most people work from home on a Friday so while I will be in the office, discussion of the result will be limited. Strangely for such an SJW environment, there's been hardly any chatter about the election. I basically just have one slightly older gay guy who I discuss politics with on a more technical level without him just expecting me to say that only Jeremy Corbyn can save the UK.

 

[glue eater]

Your based candidates, sir:

Tory:

Reform:

 

[Amin Yasister]

Why would anyone vote for labour?

 

[Tootsie Bear]

Your based candidates, sir:

Tory:
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Wow! Never in a million would I imagine a tranny Margaret Thatcher cosplayer who did so unironically. Now I'm curious if people who hate Thatcher would egg him or be too scared of being transphobic.

 

[FedPostalService]

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For once I’m thankful for or dumb gun laws as that is the face of a future school shooter

 

[whogoesthere]

Your based candidates, sir:

Anyone voting for Reform is a fucking retard. Just another mutt party, like most of them. Then again, the national pass time is compromising out of fear, so makes sense worthless zogbots keep voting for zogbot shit.

 

[AssignedEva]

Wow! Never in a million would I imagine a tranny Margaret Thatcher cosplayer who did so unironically. Now I'm curious if people who hate Thatcher would egg him or be too scared of being transphobic.

That's Tom Hulme, it's an interview from quite a few years ago. He pops up from time to time, but hasn't appeared in the pressers for a while -

He's not even really a drag queen - he walks around like that all the time. He started crossdressing in secret at like age 11 and seems to have latched onto Thatcher as an autistic special interest, rather than any really deeply held political conviction (he became a member of the Conservative party at age 11, too).
His autistic special interest has apparently moved on to royal women, based off his wordpress. He appears to be attempting to cosplay Princess Margaret these days, although it is coming across more Hyacinth Bucket:

 

[Overly Serious]

Anyone voting for Reform is a fucking retard. Just another mutt party, like most of them. Then again, the national pass time is compromising out of fear, so makes sense worthless zogbots keep voting for zogbot shit.

Sikhs fought like fucking madmen on behalf of the British empire. They're also the only people in the UK who are allowed to ride motorbikes without a helmet and got the same government that gave a guy four months prison yesterday for carrying a small toy sword to give them an explicit exemption to the offensive weapons bill so they can wear literal daggers. They also have immunity to racism powers.

We could do with a few more of them, tbh.

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

Not really, no. Parliament is sovereign and is unable to do anything that renders it insovereign. However the House of Commons is not sovereign. The House of Lords can overrule the Commons, particularly when stuff was not in the manifesto, and send it back with amendments. Likewise, the judiciary (which used to be synonymous with the Lords, but was decanted into the Supreme Court) can overrule decisions if they're deemed to be incompatible with the rule of law.

To clarify, because it's not obvious to non-Bongs, "decisions" here doesn't mean primary legislation, and the House of Lords can only delay legislation for a year. The PM can push through legislation the Lords hates if he's really determined.

As for devolution? It would make things more difficult for Parliament to do certain things, but it appears to be popular with the electorate.

The article was alluding to English devolution, which is ridiculously unpopular. In the referendum for the North-East Assembly in 2004, No won nearly 80% of the vote.

 

[Product Placement]

Your based candidates, sir:

Tory:
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Reform:
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Holy shit is the first is skin walking Margaret Thatcher

Second one can't even speak English properly, have to wonder if it's a comedian trolling reform and their shit vetting.

 

[Midwit]

Seriously? I do an image search and he's dressed like a poundland Doctor Who, in a shitty waistcoat or jumper and flasher mac.

The first image I see is one where his shirt shows under his jacket's button, anyone who doesn't understand that they need to be worn with high waisted trousers doesn't deserve to be called well dressed.

Second one can't even speak English properly

He's running in London from the looks of it, not speaking English is more of a benefit than a hinderance there.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

Zero seats

Zero seats

Zero seats

 

[Nancy]

This is a British thread for British people, there's nothing for Yanks here

 

[FedPostalService]

This is a British thread for British people, there's nothing for Yanks here

This is a local thread for local people.

 

[COMMI3 MARK]

I scrawled a giant hammer and Sickle over the ballot and wrote "Stalin".

 

[AssignedEva]

I scrawled a giant hammer and Sickle over the ballot and wrote "Stalin".

They count those as votes for the Green party

 

[adam_moche]

So this Keir Starmer guy is going to wind the British election in a landslide. Has anyone met the guy? He seems like he has a chip on his shoulder.

 

[Otterly]

I am in extreme doubt

Honestly. We did have some very fine home made ham sandwiches they tried to take off us but they were fiercely stared down by the otterly patriarch who told them in no uncertain terms he wouldn’t be paying what they charged for a sandwich.

You're asking the mindset of the average Brit, who, because of centuries consuming alcohol, their mental capacity and common sense has degraded in a generational level.

And the tiny matter of two entire generations of good men being massacred in two world wars.

We could do with a few more of them, tbh.

Sikhs and gurkhas are alright by me. They do a lot of feeding the poor here and I’ve never met one I didn’t like.
I’ve voted anyway. I’m sure Labour will get in Again in our ward like they always do but my vote went to reform mainly as a protest. I know they’d be useless at running things, it’s more like a small slap in the chops to the current status quo. Refused to tell the exit poller who I’d voted for and kept her distracted while she looked increasingly desperate to get away from the nice lady rambling on. One must cause small inconvenience to the System wherever one can.

 

[High-Fructose Corn Syrup]

Your based candidates, sir:

Tory:
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Is this some some kind of funny skit?

 

[Coccxys]

Did the vote reform as a protest thong too. No way Labour isn't winning here, but there is a chance reform come second so is a decent protest.

I don't want farage running the place any more than I want the rest of them, but what else is there?