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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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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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Morethanabitfoolish said:
To briefly defend her we have a known issue with dentistry on the NHS and it is only getting worse. Many of her voters will be in the same situation.
In Angela's case it's the Dahl situation noted in the Twits and I refuse to post the image because it's been posted a lot on the Farms already.
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You know, I was honestly hoping that it really was just a bad shot and not Bri'ish stuff being Bri'ish. Thanks for ruining things.
 
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Snekposter said:
You know, I was honestly hoping that it really was just a bad shot and not Bri'ish stuff being Bri'ish. Thanks for ruining things.
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It might be a bad shot. There's plenty of shots of her with very white teeth. That angle though has perfectly captured her mid snarl. Or possibly while the demon within tries to tear free.
 
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The UK has decided to give up the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

I don't really give a shit about them, they were more America's than ours anyway on account of the army base, but it sets a worrying precedent that if the Africans and whoever else scream and cry loud enough, we'll roll over. Next thing you know we'll all be paying a racism tax for 'reparations'. The Caribbean's been making noises about that for a while.
 
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So Yvette Cooper of all people seems to be leading or representing a civil split in labour. She is on the cabinet and has openly called out Starmer to not do the EU agreements as it is not "in the interests of a majority of the people or the party." One of the rumblings is he will throw down Sue Grey like his son but even if he does, we're just delaying the inevitable and that is his party is attempting to push him into the grave that he dug for himself. The good thing is people like Rayner cannot take over because they have dirt on them and this Lord Ali knows this too.

I don't know guys maybe we should stop letting in people to 10 Down Syndrome Street who have known connections to Asad and have been going to Iraq after the US left. This guy must have a ton of dirt on the front bench and they have stuff on him equally.
 
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Ace888Ace said:
The UK has decided to give up the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

I don't really give a shit about them, they were more America's than ours anyway on account of the army base, but it sets a worrying precedent that if the Africans and whoever else scream and cry loud enough, we'll roll over. Next thing you know we'll all be paying a racism tax for 'reparations'. The Caribbean's been making noises about that for a while.
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This decision helped devised by Labour’s king nignog David Lammy. You know this walking race baiter is going to “decolonise” everything.
 
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Slimy Time said:
This decision helped devised by Labour’s king nignog David Lammy. You know this walking race baiter is going to “decolonise” everything.
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Remember during a papal conclave he called the BBC racist for talking about black and white smoke, then blamed the BBC for him being retarded?

That, ladies and gentlemen, is who we have in one of the great four offices of state.

I’ve never hated a government so much in my entire life.
 
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Slimy Time said:
This decision helped devised by Labour’s king nignog David Lammy. You know this walking race baiter is going to “decolonise” everything.
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Honestly, there hasn't been a government that hasn't done shit for their own interest and have ran this country into the fucking ground. Blair's new danger symbolizes the beginning of this fucking mess but even still, the roots can be traced back to Clement Atlee choosing to allow private schools to remain private so the "elite" class remain politically dominant and entrench shit. This is imperative to the cultural fuckery that is going on. Private schools don't create philosopher kings, they create dipshits who are self interested and are focused on their own material gain. When was the last time we had a PM who wasn't privately educated? I mean hell, both Bojo and Pig fucker went to the same school.

The reason why Mauritius want the islands is because of the resources that they have. Yes, they were under the same administration under colonial rule until the military base arrangement. The reason why there was a population there before it was turned into a military base was because they were brought over thanks to slavery. Said population, was relocated to the Mauritius. Britain's claims to the islands are the same, if not greater than Mauritius because of this reason.

Oh, and I found this online. Funny story bc they accepted the gibs without actually reading the terms

Following demonstrations, spearheaded by Chagossian women, and litigation brought by Chagossians, the UK, on two occasions, paid the Mauritius government what amounted to a small sum for Chagossians in Mauritius, which was eventually paid to some Chagossians. But the UK government required Chagossians who received payments to sign, or thumbprint, a document purportedly giving up their right to return to Chagos. Those who signed it said that it was written only in English, a language unfamiliar to many of them, with legal terms that they did not understand nor had explained to them. Chagossians exiled to Seychelles received nothing.
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The leadership of the United Kingdom for god knows how long ahs been a consistent humiliation ritual that has been hellbent on punishing the British for the sin of existing.

Also, hot take: We should have held on to territories in the gulf. A lot of shit would not have occurred if we held onto Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Kuwait. Granted, the government would have found a way to use that to screw us over.
 
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Morethanabitfoolish said:
He also downplayed the Aremenia situation on his blog a couple of weeks ago. Foreign secretary boys and girls.
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I’m trying so hard not to fedpost right now, bros.

I’m going to play Minecraft to chill out. There are a lot of things I’d like to do, in Minecraft, that would rightfully get me banned and vanned if I put it into words.
 
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Slimy Time said:
This decision helped devised by Labour’s king nignog David Lammy. You know this walking race baiter is going to “decolonise” everything.
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Talks were happening before labour got back into office. It seems like they just kind of finalized a deal started by the stories at this point although it's fucking stupid we're paying them money for infrastructure now.
 
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Inquisitor_BadAss said:
Talks were happening before labour got back into office. It seems like they just kind of finalized a deal started by the stories at this point although it's fucking stupid we're paying them money for infrastructure now.
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Labour were the ones to begin giving away the colonies after World War 2. David Lammy seems to think it's his job to give what little bits we have left away.

So in that case bets on if they'll sell off the Falklands?
 
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Talks were happening before labour got back into office. It seems like they just kind of finalized a deal started by the stories at this point although it's fucking stupid we're paying them money for infrastructure now.
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Thing is, those were talks. It's not known what the Tories agreed upon and whilst the Tories aren't "good" by any means, David Lammy is the type of wanker to want to gloat about finishing off the British Empire.
 
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Talks were happening before labour got back into office. It seems like they just kind of finalized a deal started by the stories at this point although it's fucking stupid we're paying them money for infrastructure now.
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What's the deal? It sounds like we're giving them up without anything at all in return.
 
ConsentAccidentVictimNo98 said:
Thing is, those were talks. It's not known what the Tories agreed upon and whilst the Tories aren't "good" by any means, David Lammy is the type of wanker to want to gloat about finishing off the British Empire.
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What's the over/under on Milei being able to gaslight this retard into giving him the Falklands Malvinas?
 
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