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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.

 

[Otterly]

Comes in "Miami Pink" or "London Blue" apparently.
Pure faggotry

Look how low to the floor it is. First pothole you hit is taking the entire front outer panels off. I’ve seen better designed Barbie cars.
saudi playboys are not adding this to the stable of fast cars are they? Neither are rich tech bros, and certainly not the quintessential English gentleman inspector morse types. So who is it aimed at?

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

fuck that is a stupid addition to the story. Claire has no troonery , no mannish features but the only thing that makes him a dude is a tiny bit of flavour text in a bio some where.

To be fair, this is lore-accurate in a world with perfect sex changes.

 

[FedPostalService]

fuck that is a stupid addition to the story. Claire has no troonery , no mannish features but the only thing that makes him a dude is a tiny bit of flavour text in a bio some where.
now on the one hand I kinda like the half arsed pandering to the nutters , on the other hand it had been picked up by the nutters and it seems so forced by them.

There’s a Troon flag on his car and the story of is missions is avenging the dead boyfriend who helped him transition.

You really need to check the hand size of e-girls, my good friend.

 

[close]

2035: you really must die if you’re [...] autistic

Can we bump that up to 2025? I'm very much bored with consciousness.

I don’t see why Clarkston is evil or whatever for pursuing his own interests with the inheritance tax.

Because I do not have enough money to need to care about these sorts of things, so they are evil devices for the rich(er than me).

saudi playboys are not adding this to the stable of fast cars are they? Neither are rich tech bros, and certainly not the quintessential English gentleman inspector morse types. So who is it aimed at?

My cope is that it's just flashy looking to get some headlines and discussion but they'll never send it to a factory.

 

[Hazel Motes]

Evelyn Waugh's Love Among the Ruins is well worth reading in light of the news. Can be read in an hour:

The protagonist, Miles Plastic, is an orphan who, at the beginning of the story, is finishing a prison term for arson. Crime is treated very leniently by the state, and conditions in prison are actually quite superior to those among the population at large, leading to an understandably high recidivism rate. Upon release, Plastic goes to work at a state-run euthanasia centre. The centres are not restricted to the terminally ill and are so popular that Plastic's sole responsibility is to stem "the too eager rush" of perfectly healthy but "welfare weary" citizens.

 

[Mound Dweller]

Breaking news: My guy in the local Conservative Party Association has seceded to Reform and has taken all his butt buddies on the Parish Council with him.
They've promised to abolish the £4.50 annual precept so they have my vooote.
Pretty sure kween kemi being bLACK is what did it.

 

[Hazel Motes]

Pretty sure kween kemi being bLACK is what did it.

People will not say, but that is how it is. Miliband was never going win because he looked like a loser. Is that who people want as a leader?

 

[-Jack-]

So the speech ended and none of the five priorities for the government is immigration. Again, Keir goes down the same rabbit hole of targeting gangs, this is not a long-term, effective solution. You throw away one gang, and another one pops up. What about on the other side? Working with France and other countries to stop them from fucking reaching our shores too? Again, nothing will stop even the most desperate of immigrants to try and come here because they haven't acknowledged all the benefits on the end of the stick that's attracting them in the first place, absolutely madness.

 

[Hazel Motes]

Muhammad overtakes Noah as most popular boy's name​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4g2v0ej6o

Happy, white man?

 

[teriyakiburns]

Muhammad overtakes Noah as most popular boy's name​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4g2v0ej6o

Happy, white man?

You must remember that stories like this are deceptive and crafted to demoralise, rather than show any actual truth. The only reason mohammed has become the "most popular name" (other than there being so many mohammedans in the country) is because they all call their first son mohammed, so it has an outsized effect.

Put it in perspective (source):



There's one islamic name in the top ten and 9 English or European names. Meanwhile, the top ten girls names are all English or European, with not a single islamic one anywhere. If the pakis truly were ascendant, there would be multiple islamic names in both lists. So no, I'm not happy, and I expect it will have increased its lead by a fair bit in the 2024 stats, but neither am I despondent. They use lies like this to make themselves appear far bigger and stronger than they actually are.

 

[Plastic Bag]

He goes from saying illegal immigration is bad and a priority to stop the boats to saying illegal immigration is not a problem and not a priority. All within a week.

 

[Plastic Bag]

You must remember that stories like this are deceptive and crafted to demoralise, rather than show any actual truth. The only reason mohammed has become the "most popular name" (other than there being so many mohammedans in the country) is because they all call their first son mohammed, so it has an outsized effect.

Put it in perspective (source):

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There's one islamic name in the top ten and 9 English or European names. Meanwhile, the top ten girls names are all English or European, with not a single islamic one anywhere. If the pakis truly were ascendant, there would be multiple islamic names in both lists. So no, I'm not happy, and I expect it will have increased its lead by a fair bit in the 2024 stats, but neither am I despondent. They use lies like this to make themselves appear far bigger and stronger than they actually are.

Only a few Christian names in there though, fuck Atheists and their religiously neutral names.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

I feel like - should we all get through this absolute fucking cesspit of a government - we should all have signs in our house that read "POLITICIANS ARE LIARS, IGNORE WHAT THEY SAY, REMEMBER WHAT THEY DO. NEVER GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT." In like, neon glowing colours. Every room. Because people seem to routinely forget that simple truth.

 

[Mound Dweller]

Because people seem to routinely forget that simple truth.

The worst thing is they know they're just demoralized and docile, ask any scruffy oldster who doesn't vote because they're all the same or any 20 something who won't vote because they don't care anyway or any other retard who doesn't vote for some stupid reason who doesn't understand the concept of popular consent,
If instead of not voting they backed the Monster Raving Looneys or even the meme greens the country would be a better place.
Unless if it's for the Parish elections those things are actually rigged don't fucking bother.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

"I will take immigration seriously, it won't be about figures and gimmicks" - Kier Starmer

"Five point plan, Six target strategy, Five Key Steps" - Also Kier starmer.

The speech was him shitting bricks. He admitted the speech was for the public and "those in whitehall", aka, the people who are threatening to sack him. Will he be gone by Christmas?

 

[judegdubey]

London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'to be knighted' in the New Year Honours List - alongside a string of other politicians

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14162717/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-knighted-new-year-honours-list.html?ico=article_pre

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to receive a knighthood in the New Year honours list, Whitehall insiders say.

He will receive his award for political and public service after almost two decades in frontline politics.

Having previously been a Labour MP, Mr Khan became the first Muslim mayor of the capital in 2016 and was elected for a third term this year.

Following on from the Muhammed bollocks here's another paki that should never of been here in the first place.
I'd put money on the dwindling white English population of London being far from agreement that his politics deserve an award!

Have yet to find a single positive comment, says it all about the rat.

 

[bort420]

"I will take immigration seriously, it won't be about figures and gimmicks" - Kier Starmer

"Five point plan, Six target strategy, Five Key Steps" - Also Kier starmer.

The speech was him shitting bricks. He admitted the speech was for the public and "those in whitehall", aka, the people who are threatening to sack him. Will he be gone by Christmas?

dipshit has no idea what he wants, makes up a smokescreen to look like there's work being done

He could have a bill done in a day to fix this shit if he wanted to actually do something versus looking like things are going on

Once, the Brits ruled the seas. Now they can't even stop a dinghy

 

[A-Logato]

Following on from the Muhammed bollocks here's another paki that should never of been here in the first place.
I'd put money on the dwindling white English population of London being far from agreement that his politics deserve an award!

Have yet to find a single positive comment, says it all about the rat.

At this point having a knighthood has lost all meaning. The amount of politicians alone that have knighthoods now is insane and most of it is just for existing (and don't get me started on actors and musicians getting them). Doesn't matter how much they were hated or ruined the country during their time, they just have one. Even Kier has one for some reason.

Though I'll admit that Sadiq Khan of all people getting one is particularly funny to me as it's no secret how much he hates Britain and it's history and now here he is, happily accepting a title from said country and his name being placed into the history books next to hundreds of the colonizers and racists he apparently despises so much.

 

[Mound Dweller]

Though I'll admit that Sadiq Khan of people getting one is particularly funny to me as it's no secret how much he hates Britain and it's history and now here he is, happily accepting a title from said country and his name being placed into the history books next to hundreds of the colonizers and racists he apparently despises so much.

My borough has a paki baron for some fucking reason, not even a proper political type just some hanger on and he isn't a tribal chief/a venerable elder or anything either it's like they slapped us with him just because they could.

 

[ThrobbingWalloper]

A new influx of Nigerians in my Scottish home town. They're here ready to give shitty care to your elderly relatives by ignoring their call bells over night, eating the food meant for patients from the supper trolley and doing illegal lifts that injure your relatives.

Watch them on the bus. Cunts always sit at the front like they're Rosa fucking Parks, you're just a she-boon mongo taking the old granny seat. Your feet don't hurt, you're getting £19 an hour agency rate to ignore patients, walk 2 seats back fgs.