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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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#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs

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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.

 

[Hazel Motes]

When did the UK become such a muslim hellhole?

There is a novel by Anthony Burgess titled 1985, written in '78, where Muslims run counter action against the failing state (mostly to do with Union strikes). They have a front called Free Britons, which takes native English anger and covertly repurposes them for Muslims goals. By the end of the novel, it is clear Islamification has been going steady in the country for some time.

Before that Chesterton wrote The Flying Inn, a novel with similar themes.

These are currents that have been stewing for centuries.

Rene Guenon, the traditionalist philosopher and a chief influence to our current King (this should be known far more than it is), was a convert to Islam. The reason why was because Islam was compatible with his Christian upbringing, far more than Hinduism, the religion he was most interested in. It is the same for us. Hinduism will never catch on here, Christianity has left too much of a mark; but Islam, with its monotheism and moral laws, makes far more sense to us.

I have met a few Muslims who are relaxed and carefree. That matters little. Religion is a concern for outsiders and a dedicated few, but they are the ones who enact the change. America was built by a disgruntled few. The USSR was founded by a small group of true believers.

Islam is puritanical and evangelical, two mindsets that appeal to the worst instincts in English people (read Maugham's ‘Rain’ and tell me you do not see people like Davidson daily). Of all European countries, save for maybe Germany, we are the most primed for Islamification. It gives good moral backing to be a busy body; the same people who clapped for the NHS and harassed you for not wearing a mask, are Islam's target demographic. Islam has a brutish and simple theology, and people like easy answers. It will thrive in economic collapse where a desperation for meaning is at its highest. Imagine an Islamic foodbank, an Islamic charity. You can win a hungry person’s mind just by feeding them. What if it is socially profitable to convert to Islam? You do not even have to enforce that one. If you live in a community where Islam is the norm, why wouldn’t you convert? Many people did the same when the Church of England was at its height.

Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech was wrong: Blacks may commit more crime on average and make old ladies unsafe- that is its own issue. Islam is the one with the ability to obtain the whip hand over the English. It is an institutional religion. It has tradition.

 

[teriyakiburns]

There is a novel by Anthony Burgess titled 1985, written in '78, where Muslims run counter action against the failing state (mostly to do with Union strikes). They have a front called Free Britons, which takes native English anger and covertly repurposes for Muslims goals. By the end of the novel, it is clear Islamification has been going steady in the country for some time.

Just reading a summary, it sounds like this guy was a prophet, especially with the arabs owning half of london and mosques everywhere, which most people would have seen as laughable in the mid 70s. The only part he got wrong was the timeline.

 

[Mound Dweller]

When did the UK become such a muslim hellhole? Im trying my hardest to think back but it appears recently that the UK has “secret” sand nigger overlords.

It's a tipping point sort of thing, starting from the post 60's influx when various governments dumped little spore bundles on us the mycelial flourishing came into full bloom circa end of the 80s-start of the millennium depending on where you lived. Progressing to full rot from there on, the exact timing is a spectrum.
The Lordship stage isn't yet properly begun, that's the current oncoming scenario, previously no gone zones/groomer gangs and the like were the "that never happens shut up raycist" and the natural progression of that won't be muzzie PM (that comes after) but some sort of popular front style deal with the Corybn/Galloway types. The mudslimes are just one hydra head.

 

[-Jack-]

Im so tired.

 

[bluegenius8585]

Maybe Starmer will pull his thumb out and actually start sending illegals home again.

Starmer couldn't organise a nun shoot in a nunnery

 

[GratsTheat783]

This thread's been in a doomward spiral, instead of arguing over whether it's over for the UK or not, let's talk about something a bit more light hearted - wasting tax-payer money.

Spoiler: Outrageous things that have been bought on civil service credit cards

Story by Craig Munro • 9h • 2 min read

Shoes, coffee pods and celebrity cut-outs – these are just some of the things that civil servants have been splashing taxpayers’ cash on with special credit cards.

The so-called Government Procurement Cards (GPCs) are used to cover costs by staff in several departments.

Currently, the maximum spend on hospitality using the cards – typically used by diplomats and people in trade roles – is £2,500.

But the cards – of which there are 20,000 in total – are set to be frozen this week and the maximum spend slashed, as the government tries to cut down on ‘wasteful spending’.

Everyone who uses one of the cards will now have to reapply for them and justify why they need one.

It comes after Foreign Office staff used the system to pay for £2,493 of shoes at a fashionable shop in Barbados and £2,479 at online shop DJ Superstore.

Foreign Office staff also spent £673 on a website that sells cardboard cutouts of celebrities such as Harry Styles and the Spice Girls, the Mail reported.

Between July and October last year, the Foreign Office bought £49,511 worth of beer, wine and spirits at venues across the world.

At the Cabinet Office, staff spent £742 on Nespresso coffee pods last November and £531 the month before.

Yesterday, the government announced almost all GPCs will be frozen this week and cardholders will be asked to reapply and justify they actually need them.

The Cabinet Office said the move was expected to cut the number of cards in circulation by around half.

Meanwhile, the maximum spend will be cut from £2,500 to £500 – and any spending above that will require approval.

Cabinet Office minister Pat Mcfadden said the move would ‘ensure taxpayers’ money is spent on improving the lives of working people’.

He added: ‘It’s not right that hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on government credit cards each year, without high levels of scrutiny or challenge. Only officials for whom it is absolutely essential should have a card.

‘Our clampdown on government credit cards will deliver savings that can be used to drive our Plan for Change – securing our borders, getting the NHS back on its feet and rebuilding Britain.’

Source

 

[CryptoHermit]

Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech was wrong: Blacks may commit crime more than the average rate, and they may make old ladies unsafe- that is its own issue. Islam is the one with the ability to obtain the whip hand over the English. It is an institutional religion. It has tradition.

Are the Irish going to have to covert Britain to Christianity again? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-Scottish_mission

The Hiberno-Scottish mission was a series of expeditions in the 6th and 7th centuries by Gaelic missionaries originating from Ireland that spread Celtic Christianity in Scotland, Wales, England and Merovingian France. Catholic Christianity spread first within Ireland. Since the 8th and 9th centuries, these early missions were called 'Celtic Christianity'. Ireland's sobriquet "Island of Saints and Scholars" derives from this period.

Pictured : Neo-Columba coverting Mohammed Richard Al'Baskerville

 

[Special spoonie]

Ah is that what the benefits plan is about? Struggling to get the boots to go on the ground for Ukraine perhaps? Ngl national service will probably do some good for some of the autists.

 

[Kier Starmer]

Starmer's plan for conscription will fail horribly. There are more rebels in Ukraine than the welfare changes, but now that he has shown weakness, his enemies will be feasting. I cannot see him lasting until the locals at this point, especially with Reeves putting in a wealth tax next week. With Kendall's changes, it is a storm of retardation.

 

[Hazel Motes]

Just reading a summary, it sounds like this guy was a prophet, especially with the arabs owning half of london and mosques everywhere, which most people would have seen as laughable in the mid 70s. The only part he got wrong was the timeline.

It has been well over a decade since I read it but I found it worthwhile. The first half is a piece of literary criticism on 1984, if that interests anyone.

Burgess was fascinated by Arabic culture his entire life, even writing a Persian translation of Eliot's The Waste Land. He debated converting to Islam when he was working in Malaya and thought he was dying. He was a cradle Catholic and had a medieval disposition, with an attraction to big systems and power, so I understand why he contemplated it. There can be an allure to any religion when you find yourself in one of the countries it dominates, especially when you are at your weakest point.

“In common with many of Salman Rushdie’s fellow writers, I have spent some time this year reading the Koran in Dawood’s translation, looking for a textual justification for the proposed murder of a distinguished author. The holy book is so full of murder and mutilation, occasionally mollified by reference to Allah’s infinite mercy, that it becomes wearisome. It is not, whatever Muslims believe, a work of genius.

It has been a relief to return to the Bible, which undoubtedly is. Islam has certainly little justification — either moral or aesthetic — for regarding the Children of the Scripture (Jews and Christians together) as inferior people who ought to rush to be converted.” (this is from a review by Burgess).

Schopenhauer has the most entertaining asides about Islam, just because he has so much praise for the other Eastern religions.



There is a lot of funny references to Islam in Scruton, who likes and loathes the religion, though it seems, as with homosexuality, he is trying to balance his philosophical principles with social nicety. His The West and The Rest has a very good chapter on Islamic Law, worth reading.

 

[FedPostalService]

Are the Irish going to have to covert Britain to Christianity again?

It’s worse in Potatoland.

 

[Convallaria majalis]

PIP freezes now cancelled. PIP just going to be harder to claim from now on basically. £5 billion saved by 2030. How much do we spend a year on the new arrivals again?

The spin is now that people have “blown it out of proportion for the last few days” but it’s obviously a whopper of a u-turn there.

Yeah, people were already fucked off with Labour - I will care about people on PIP when we stop giving a mountain of free shit to the Islamists. The boat people can go fight the Russians.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

He was clearly helping that woman with her PIP claim.

Peace In Paradise.

Everypne should be able to claim it.

 

[Special spoonie]

Yeah, people were already fucked off with Labour - I will care about people on PIP when we stop giving a mountain of free shit to the Islamists. The boat people can go fight the Russians.

At this point Rayner will create a special Muslim benefit.

 

[Goose the Redeemer]

sec'n wu' wa'

sum'n wrong w' th's'n...

She sounds like a small child giving a class presentation for the first time, not a government representative speaking to the public. How many cuts was that? Such a short speech/video should easily be done in a single take.

Nothing less than disgraceful.

 

[isalaide]

Ah is that what the benefits plan is about? Struggling to get the boots to go on the ground for Ukraine perhaps? Ngl national service will probably do some good for some of the autists.

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It will get the fat bastards off their arses and outside exercising. They better take the girls as well, god knows the lassies of gen Z are nearly as fucking useless as the majority of the boys. They can trade in their "school anxiety" for some combat PTSD, or you know, get a fucking grip and attend college

 

[Chunky Salsa]

We fundamentally don't have the infrastructure for conscription. In terms of weapons, training areas, training gear, expertise and everything else besides. Even a few years back when I was still krumping it around, things were fucked. I cannot imagine how bad they are now.

 

[isalaide]

We fundamentally don't have the infrastructure for conscription. In terms of weapons, training areas, training gear, expertise and everything else besides. Even a few years back when I was still krumping it around, things were fucked. I cannot imagine how bad they are now.

Can't we just send all the little bastards to seven weeks of boot camp instead of the school summer holidays for a laugh anyway. They will come back thin and fit and motivated to not be conscripted, this is an all round win

 

[Kier Starmer]

Exactly and Starmer fails to realize what happens to people post-conscription, they love uprising. So allegedly that call to the Supreme Court on Friday was an emergency meeting where they reprimanded him about his spending and also not calling things to vote. Their chief concerns were the Chagos and the 100-year deal with Ukraine. They told him to reign it in and call votes and they are going to challenge the Chagos deal and the 100-year Ukraine deal. The documents are probably sealed due to Starmer because I imagine it was humiliating.

Starmer will try to force conscription like Macron will but I can guarantee we will have a similar result to the French. So on top of that too Reeves is scrambling to look for money and I think this is due to what the Courts said to Starmer where he has to vote off on things.

 

[isalaide]

The sun has appeared here and it's time to talk again about how shorts are not an acceptable part of any school uniform once the child is older than seven. I saw two young women this morning in the streets who genuinely appeared to be in their pants. This is not uniform. I don't know what the point is in pretending a school has a uniform code if hot pants and pelvic pelmets are permitted. This is neither practical nor warm enough to learn in. They don't even wear tights any more and the expanse of white lumpy thigh is both inappropriate for their age and displays a general lack of mirrors in their home. I cannot believe the absolute state young people freely go about in post pandemic. Teenage boys in shorts in the winter look like fucking retards and should also be compelled to wear trousers like normal people. I object in principle to the concept that a 'uniform' of any description includes any form of trackies, I don't care if it's described as a 'fleece sweatshirt'. Either make them dress appropriately or just give up this pretence of a fucking uniform. They look like failed Grange Hill extras. Wear fucking ankle length trousers, a shirt, a tie, a school jumper, for both genders. All of lumpy and loose fitting cut. You are there to learn, not to gawp. The uniform is supposed to help them learn and focus, not look as much like wee fannies as possible.