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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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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.

 

[Made In Wales]

They found places for the rioters by releasing rapists and murderers. That amount of evil should not be under estimated.


Rik was a complex man after his brain injury. He ended up losing his friendship with Ade because he couldn't wrap his head around Bottom being over. He would insist on doing another tour with Ade and Ade has moved on and knew Rik wasn't up for it. Dave did a Bottom documentary last year and you can see how painful it was to Ade.


Trying to make it legal to murder babies and old people is just the beginning.

They sure did, but this time around were there to be a major incident I think Starmer would be running for the hills.

Great point re: Stephen Fry, I know that Ben Russell Jones (Jeopardy and other TV Quizzes) found him 'odd' and 'not what I expected him to be'.

Some brief news:

Palestine Action banned from Parliament - but will they listen?

https://www.gbnews.com/news/palestine-action-banned-terror-group-parliament

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/1jvKy

Is the welfare Bill already 'dead in the water'..?

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/keir-starmer-labour-mps-rebellion-welfare

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/MQJot

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

Both recent topics are related somewhat. There's no room in the prisons for pro-Palestine groups even if they did get arrested.

However don't you worry chums, if a counter protest by white Baz's starts they'll get water cannon'd and locked up while Abdul is released to go rape another 8 year old in broad daylight.

 

[Made In Wales]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d6947ej5ro

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/SI3gF

Now this is interesting:

'At least 80 Labour MPs are supporting a fresh effort to block the government's planned changes to the benefits system, the BBC has been told.

The MPs have signed an amendment that would give them an opportunity to vote on a proposal to reject the welfare reform bill in its entirety.'

They could block the bill and also deliver a serious blow to Starmer's leadership in the process.

Starmer's next move will be telling...

 

[Le b0wski]

Palestine Action banned from Parliament - but will they listen?

https://www.gbnews.com/news/palestine-action-banned-terror-group-parliament Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/1jvKy

Give it a couple of days and Palestine Action will instead be 200+ Palestine Action adjacent groups.

No idea how many of the tens of thousands who have been on protest marches and things are members or how the even plan to define someone as close enough to them to say they participated in terrorism but can be sure it's probably going to backfire massively if they make that definition too broad.

 

[the rat]

Do not besmirch the name of Mr Tumble. It's bad enough you constantly lie about politics with your weird fanfics and pretend that you have inside sources but that man is a hero entertaining and educating new generations whilst keeping his hands to himself.

FITE ME IRL!!!!!!

Mr Maker was better.

 

[Vesperus]

Lol.

Lmao, even.

https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/access/facilities/toilets/

 

[FedPostalService]

This will be a generational mistake on the scale of the uncle that still has a 3D tv.

Assassin Creed on a 3D TV was amazing. Bring back 3D TVs!

If you need to know how a mailing list can come back to haunt you, just look at the EDL and National Front. If you joined at the very start before a single crime had been committed, you are blacklisted from the Civil Service and Police (guessing there's more services too but I haven't tried to apply for the NHS or Fire Brigade).

This! You could be some young hot head who signed up at 17 to think it looked cool to his mates, then realised they were all retards after one meeting, and your life is fucked unless you plan to go on an eternal apology tour and become a Labour councillor.

Except that many Police Forces are no longer arresting people for 'mean words' here in the UK, as there's no space to lock them up in and there's currently a major backlog of CPS cases which would mean that (even if arrested) they would already be 'to time' once Court proceedings begin.

I’m not seeing any evidence of this. There’s one police chief who says based things but all others are the rainbow police state.

The law is the law, and we have a very oppressive one that is easy to secure prosecutions with the the police and CPS love to use to boost their stats.

As it declines under neoliberal rule, Britain has its share of problems these days, but at least excessive heat isn’t one of them — unless you believe the BBC:
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Shrieks the Beeb:

33.2°C is less than 92°F. In the Global South, they would call that a pleasant day in autumn.

But at least their anchor seems to understand that only women get pregnant. Maybe there is hope for the BBC yet.

We are a cold, wet, Northern European country. Our buildings and infrastructure are not built for heat like that.

The global south would freeze to death if they had one of our bad winters.

Why are burgers so retarded?

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Give it a couple of days and Palestine Action will instead be 200+ Palestine Action adjacent groups.

Caught one of the experts yesterday on the BBC wailing out how this overreach might impact (in her own words) innocent "aliases" of Palestine Action. Clearly assuming the audience is too dumb to know what that means.

 

[NoIdeaWhatImDoing]

This was normal until the 2000s. Celebrities of all professions would fuck young teenagers. Girls would throw themselves at them and with everyone doing it no one had a reason to call it rape or report it. The girls knew what they were doing and so did the celebrities.

you are right, i found some updates and it's some whore

A well-known figure in English football arranged “cash for sex” sessions with a teenage girl he is accused of raping at his house and leaving with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to court documents.

The girl alleges that when she was 15 the man, who works in the Premier League, invited her to his house on a summer’s day in the 1990s to discuss a potential career opportunity.

He denies rape, or having any inappropriate relations with an under-age girl, but admits asking the teenager when she was 16 or 17 “if she wanted to earn some cash for sex” and that it became a regular pattern over the following years.

The man’s age cannot be disclosed, or any other details that could identify him, after a High Court judge granted an anonymity order last year to protect him from bad publicity and potential damage to his reputation and financial interests.

The woman, who must also remain anonymous for legal reasons, is suing for aggravated damages for sexual assault and intentional infliction of injury after alleging that he showed her round his house, then instructed her to sit on his knee, told her she was a “good girl” and asked if she was still a virgin. She claims she had been dropped off by her parents, who were waiting in their car outside, and recalled the tennis from Wimbledon being shown on television. He is then alleged to have subjected her to a “disgusting and traumatising” ordeal before directing her to the bathroom to clean herself, telling her she was a “good girl” again and handing her £150 in three £50 notes on her return.

Her case is that she has been left with depression as well as post-traumatic stress disorder and other issues. She says she was too scared at the time to report him because of the potential repercussions and “feelings of fear” that she or her family may come to harm.

She goes on to accept his claims that in the following years they had sex on a number of occasions but states, via her legal team, that she was under the belief that he would provide her with career opportunities “if she complied with his sexual demands.” She says her dealings with the defendant left her with “stigmatising feelings of shame, guilt and failure” and it took many years before she was able to report him. The Premier League figure was not arrested and the case was left on file.

The alleged rapist, anonymised in court papers as JZX, strongly denies the allegations and says they are “dishonest and malicious.”

In his 17-page defence, seen by The Athletic, he also states “the implied contention that (he) might harm her or her family is wholly unfounded.”

He argues that he helped the woman on numerous occasions, including offering financial advice and support “in moments of crisis”, and that they were able to “enjoy a friendship” for more than 20 years after the alleged rape.

Although he accepts that he had initiated the “cash for sex” arrangement while she was 16 or 17, he goes on to allege that she had contacted him on numerous occasions over the following years to offer sexual favours in return for money.

“On the vast majority of occasions (he) has declined offers of sex, although he has engaged in sexual activity with the claimant on up to about 15 occasions in total over the years, for which he rewarded her with cash payments in line with her expectations,” the legal defence, signed by JZX, states.

“On one occasion, the defendant engaged in sexual activity with both the claimant and her sister, both of whom were looking to earn some cash.”

Many other details cannot be reported because of the decision to impose an anonymity order to “protect the interests of the defendant” and “secure the administration of justice.” The judge in the case decided there was “no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.”

The alleged rapist continues to work as normal while awaiting a date for a High Court trial.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Apparently, separately from this event, his noncing is the reason he is never seen with the old group of friends he had - Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and the other Cambridge Footlights crew.

So that's why a Blackadder QI special never happened.

 

[BongoMongo]

On Tattle and Huw Edwards? They also had a poster on there dropping some serious revelations about Schofield, too. I directly know someone who has first hand experience of Schofield and his perversions (long story short: is a certain physical type, slim,white, young looking,often mistaken for younger and bisexual, came to attention of Schofield working as a camera man for ITV. Didn't reciprocate his advances, left and retrained in a totally unrelated field) and the posts on Tattle about it, long since memory holed, made me wonder if he had created an account on there to discuss his experiences when it all started coming out.

I've no real time for Tattle but they absolutely despise pedos and I can agree with that.

 

[The Crack Spiders Bitch]

Officer, this isn’t /pol/.

Yeah nah, this bit of yours is really fucking tiresome to read.
You're always either complaining about someone making an effortpost or you accuse people of being a glowie.
Meanwhile, you endlessly suck Jewish cock and push civic nationalism.

If anyone is trying to subvert the narrative, it's you Moishe. All you do is complain about other posters, make suspiciously catty remarks, or make the same Gregg joke a million times.
Yeah, we've all seen the meme dipshit.
You sound like a foreigner doing a "how do you do fellow kids?".
If Null pinged your IP, would it be set in Ramat Gan?

I really wish you'd stop kvetching about people being too right wing when the English speaking world is currently being overrun with Bomalians.

Apologies to the rest of you Poms.
I'm just sick of this bitchmade kike trying to silence everyone else.
It makes the thread less interesting to read.

Carry on.

 

[Made In Wales]

I’m not seeing any evidence of this. There’s one police chief who says based things but all others are the rainbow police state.

My local force, South Wales Police, isn't responding to these cases unless there's a clear and obvious credible threat of danger/assault.

Whilst homophobic and racist comments are being investigated, cases off 'boo hoo this Nazi upset me' aren't, because a) Officers have had a guts full, b) the cases end up as NFA and c) there's not enough staff available to investigate.

At the same time, Officers have to investigate real crimes - theft, murder, rape etc. They don't want to be bogged down by the 'Hurty Words Morons'.

Some GB News stories in brief:

Whilst the FBPE liars claim that no billionaires will dare move out of the UK, because they'll post angry tweets if they do, the reality is they are and things are going to get worse for Rachel from Accounts:

https://www.gbnews.com/money/rachel-reeves-wealth-exodus-millionaires-flee-uk

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/tKQDk

The argument will no doubt go like this on X:

'Oh well, even if 0.6% of people go, there's 99.4% left.'

'Yes, but 99.4% of people aren't necessarily billionaires...'

*BLOCKED*

Also, Gary Lineker took Steve Rider's job at the BBC:

https://www.gbnews.com/sport/football/gary-lineker-steve-rider-bbc-2672413532

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/us06z

Depraved Hull paedophile gets 16 years behind bars:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/hull-news-crime-paedophile-connor-laud-jailed

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/qR3Jp

Starmer plans to raise GDP spending on defence to 5% by 2035, but has 'no idea' how to fund it:

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-news-latest-starmer-nato-farage-iran-russia-israel

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/1nc7G

 

[Zoot]

Some GB News stories in brief:

Whilst the FBPE liars claim that no billionaires will dare move out of the UK, because they'll post angry tweets if they do, the reality is they are and things are going to get worse for Rachel from Accounts:

https://www.gbnews.com/money/rachel-reeves-wealth-exodus-millionaires-flee-uk

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/tKQDk

The argument will no doubt go like this on X:

'Oh well, even if 0.6% of people go, there's 99.4% left.'

'Yes, but 99.4% of people aren't necessarily billionaires...'

*BLOCKED*

proves that you can get people to self-deport if you set up the incentive structure properly.

just need to aim it at the BAMEs

 

[Vesperus]

Depraved Hull paedophile gets 16 years behind bars:

Weird how, just from the sentence imposed, you can tell he's white.

 

[Zoot]

Not good.

No attempt to stop it. This is intentional.


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[FuckedOffToff]

proves that you can get people to self-deport if you set up the incentive structure properly.

just need to aim it at the BAMEs

You need to hit them in their pockets.
Tax remittances. The fact that our tax money goes towards large percentages of other countries GDP is embarrassing. 75% tax on remittances would keep that money in our economy.
Remove benefits from anyone who hasn't been here since before the year 2000. This includes social housing, disability benefits, access to social care and access to the NHS.
If they have to support and care for their own genetic abominations, pay for their own food and housing, get charged for medical care, they might think twice about needlessly reproducing.
Enforce housing standards, and noise pollution laws, so they can't pile 25 people into a 2 bed house, either, or blast calls to prayer outside the hours of 7am to 11pm.
Seize Mosques, turn them into subsidised third spaces for the native Britons.
Seize some holiday parks near Kent, use them to store the "small boats" chancers erect fences, barbed wire, guard them, and keep them there in these camps until they can be deported. If anyone complains about concentration camps, tell them "if it's good enough for native British holidays, it's good enough for asylum seekers."
Where do I fit in @Otterly s cabinet, then? Maybe I should just be the ranting, raving, sweary Scot, I'm good at that. I'll go rabid at the civil service wonks who think they're special.

 

[Otterly]

Where do I fit in @Otterly s cabinet

You can rule Scotland. We can have a UBI ration of Bucky and deep fried macaroni pies if you like, and you get to do whatever you want with the damn parliament building and install yourself in the castle instead

 

[Zoot]

You need to hit them in their pockets.
Tax remittances. The fact that our tax money goes towards large percentages of other countries GDP is embarrassing. 75% tax on remittances would keep that money in our economy.
Remove benefits from anyone who hasn't been here since before the year 2000. This includes social housing, disability benefits, access to social care and access to the NHS.
If they have to support and care for their own genetic abominations, pay for their own food and housing, get charged for medical care, they might think twice about needlessly reproducing.
Enforce housing standards, and noise pollution laws, so they can't pile 25 people into a 2 bed house, either, or blast calls to prayer outside the hours of 7am to 11pm.
Seize Mosques, turn them into subsidised third spaces for the native Britons.
Seize some holiday parks near Kent, use them to store the "small boats" chancers erect fences, barbed wire, guard them, and keep them there in these camps until they can be deported. If anyone complains about concentration camps, tell them "if it's good enough for native British holidays, it's good enough for asylum seekers."
Where do I fit in @Otterly s cabinet, then? Maybe I should just be the ranting, raving, sweary Scot, I'm good at that. I'll go rabid at the civil service wonks who think they're special.

We also need to repeal all of this shit.

• British Nationality Act 1948
• British Nationality Act 1981
• Race Relations Act 1965
• Race Relations Act 1968
• Race Relations Act 1976
• Equality Act 2010
• Public Sector Equality Duty (Equality Act 2010, Section 149)
• Human Rights Act 1998
• Commission for Racial Equality (1976–2007)
• Equality and Human Rights Commission (2007–present)
• Immigration Act 1971
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004
• Race Relations (Amendment) Regulations 2003
• EU Race Equality Directive 2000/43/EC (during EU membership)
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
  
  

 

[FuckedOffToff]

You can rule Scotland. We can have a UBI ration of Bucky and deep fried macaroni pies if you like, and you get to do whatever you want with the damn parliament building and install yourself in the castle instead

Okay, rule number one.
Nobody in the country is allowed to breathe the word "independence" until we're taking education as seriously as we did in 1750.
Also, kick out all immigrants. We were world class engineers, philosophers, economists, architects, writers, military theorists, scientists and more, with a population of 2.5 million, so fuck the population Ponzi scheme.
Both Scotland and England+Wales need to remember who they are in heart, soul and spirit, celebrate that we are the origins of the modern world, the originators of everything that the US holds dear, stop with the ever so Catholic guilt complex.
Sorry, sperging now. But it's important. These isles have lost their way, and we need politicians that believe in their countrymen, and will bolster them.
As I said in another thread, I'm a sentimental old bitch, if you want to know the truth about it, and I suppose loving my whole country, and all the native people in it is part of that.