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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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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]

Is there going to be the general election you keep predicting on Monday morning; or are all your posts a massive cope from a person that has spent too much time sniffing the arse of Reform?

A massive cope?

Oh dear, an ad hominem from the start - not a good opener.

If you had been bothered to look at my posts, if it's actually within your intellectual capacity, then whilst some of my posts infer that one is likely the majority are about news items which may or may not be of interest.

It's okay if you cannot think too much, I wouldn't wish you to suffer a brain injury.

'You sniff the arse of Reform' well I am sure that Reform's arse must be infinitely more pleasant than the diatribe posted by yourself.

I am merely looking at the facts and pointing that the way things are going the odds on a GE are very good, based on the inefficiency of the current Government and their poor standing in the polls.

No country has lasted long with an unstable Government and when Starmer's own MP's are demanding a regime change (which he will not have and he'd sooner go to meet with King Charles III) then the writing is very much on the wall - even Sir John Curtice (somebody who is an actual political brain) has intimated that it could be very possible that Starmer could be gone soon if he cannot or will not change course. Of course, Starmer's immaturity and pomposity will mean there's no changing course until the iceberg is hit and the rats start deserting the ship big time.

Now, I say this kindly...

If you and others don't think that there will be a GE until 2029 then fine, I accept and respect that. I won't try to change your minds, and with respect I doubt what they say will change mine.

However, if you try and suggest that I have no right to say that I believe there will be a GE soon, then I'll have to ask why you think this and what your reasoning is - as I have posted mine, I'd expect to see your worked out reasoning as well.

If you don't want a GE, fair enough, some do and some believe it is entirely possible that there will be one soon.

'Oh but there has to be five years until the next one'

This is a fallacy which some on the socials have gotten very wrong - the current shortest gap between GE's is only nine months with the longest being eight years (between December 1910 and December 191. As recently as the years 2015-2019 there were three General Elections (one planned and two called - one by May and one by Johnson over Brexit).

'Starmer would be mad to call one'

Unless he has no choice but to do this or he knows that his and the Government's popularity will reach a point where even his closest advisors and acolytes are saying 'we can't go on like this'. The resignation of just 80 of his MP's would result in a Minority Government and Starmer would have to seek to enter into an emergency coalition with another party and there is no guarantee that this would be successful - the 'red line' with the Lib Dems and the Greens would be that Starmer would have to stand down and, as a narcissist, he'd never agree to this. Alternatively, why not call one and clear the party of those MP's not loyal to him, and try to regain power? A gamble, but then he does this on his terms and at least his exit strategy can then be 'the people have spoken, they didn't want me, therefore I'm gone.'

'You just want Reform UK in charge'

Me and about 35% of the electorate, compared with the dwindling % backing Labour and the Tories.

However, I don't want a GE just for my sake, I want it because it's now a necessity and even people who wouldn't normally allign with Reform UK/The Far Right are demanding change - the Left are just as keen to see Starmer go as the Right and a lot of them too want a GE in the hope that their side wins.

It's not about me or my ego (I don't like ego-centric people, what I say can be read and dismissed without it affecting me - I am not that petty that I'd be angry people disagreed with me, and thankfully Kiwi Farms is way more mature than Reddit and Political Xitter) it's about the bigger picture.

The Left want Davey/Denayer, with some wanting Corbyn and the ultra Far Left to win.
The Right want Farage as the national saviour.

Whilst I believe Farage would get cose to 400 seats, I would not take anything for granted and if Davey or Denayer did well during purdah and applied the pressure on Reform UK it could be a lot closer.

'Wouldn't Labour just win again?'

If anybody believes that, they should be demanding a GE too in order to prove Reform UK and its voters wrong. IMO they'd die a lingering death and be lucky to get one seat.

'Wouldn't a GE open up the door to Trump, Putin and Farage creating a power triad?'

You mean that a UK-USA-Russia potential partnership would piss the EU off? So what?

'Starmer was elected with a big majority though?'

Note the word 'was' - a lot has changed in a year. On current form, he'd lose the GE and would be lucky to retain his seat.

In the end, only time will tell if I am right. If I am not, then I will live it down, but if I am then I'm certainly not going to go 'haha told you lot it'd happen'.

Let's see what happens over July and August...

 

[Cheb Dagness]

Well done mate for typing all that out or something

 

[Made In Wales]

Well done mate for typing all that out or something

You're welcome, Cheb.

 

[Cheb Dagness]

You're welcome, Cheb.

Cheers, now copy and paste the front page of GB News. I want to know what I should be angry about.

 

[MetokurGroomedMe]

Youth Demand halt London Pride parade as pro-Palestinian protesters hurl paint and block roads.

nooooo, not the consequences of their own actions! if only some group of people had been warning them for a decade or more that importing a bunch of hajis and pajeets was only going to destroy their liberalized white society and lead to an islamic theocracy! but, alas, cassandra was simply a bigot.

 

[Made In Wales]

Cheers, now copy and paste the front page of GB News. I want to know what I should be angry about.

Today's choice:

* Transgender Marsupials caught in gang-bang with Rylan Clark-Neal.
* Bonnie Blue to become Nottingham's version of 'The Big Easy'.
* Angry Tarquin has his vagina stolen, Crimestoppers for once won't put a reward up.
* Lancashire man causes tectonic plate shift with ultra violent farts.
* Dianne Abbott flummoxed by 'why did the chicken cross the road' joke and blames racism.

 

[Marvin]

Oh actually the Royal Armouries museum is well worth a look. But that's it. Doughnuts and pewpew. What a line up.

I went to the Royal Armouries museum on a visit to Bongland once because I wanted to see a Luty. They have one in their collection but alas they didn't have it out on display, which sucked.

Still a neat museum though.

 

[Made In Wales]

If you're after the Racing news, the runners and riders at Royal Ascot are:

4/1 Crafty Wank (Grimes Stables)
5/1 Enormous Orifice (Labour Party)
10/1 Christ That Will Hurt In The Morning (Friday Night Misadventures)
15/2 Does This Look Infected (NHS Medical Facility)
25/1 Anneka Rice's Jump Suit (Eighties Classics)
100/1 Shut Up Grammatic Oil (Icheoku of Nigeria)

 

[DirtyDDisagrees]

Did you even read the article? A bottle a beer every day is not responsible drinking. If you're drinking every day there is something weird going on.

tell me you've never been to college, never played sports, never served in the military, never worked a trade or basically anything else normal or masculine in your entire life without actually saying it. I used to drink a 6 pack of Shiner every night just hanging out in my barracks room and I didn't even get drunk. One beer a day after a 12 hour shift in a factory or shop or out in the fields, is not excessive or irresponsible at all.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

If you're after the Racing news, the runners and riders at Royal Ascot are:

4/1 Crafty Wank (Grimes Stables)
5/1 Enormous Orifice (Labour Party)
10/1 Christ That Will Hurt In The Morning (Friday Night Misadventures)
15/2 Does This Look Infected (NHS Medical Facility)
25/1 Anneka Rice's Jump Suit (Eighties Classics)
100/1 Shut Up Grammatic Oil (Icheoku of Nigeria)

I've heard good things about The Islamic Caliphate of Blackburn at 40/1

 

[Coolio55]

tell me you've never been to college, never played sports, never served in the military, never worked a trade or basically anything else normal or masculine in your entire life without actually saying it. I used to drink a 6 pack of Shiner every night just hanging out in my barracks room and I didn't even get drunk. One beer a day after a 12 hour shift in a factory or shop or out in the fields, is not excessive or irresponsible at all.

 

[DirtyDDisagrees]

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you could have photoshopped in a beer to try to relate to anything I said. cope, loser

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

Drinking on any night other than a Friday or Saturday (bar exceptions like weddings or whatever) is non-British behaviour. The British body is designed to be filled with as much alcohol and cocaine on a Friday night and be able to piss completely clean by Monday morning.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

tell me you've never been to college, never played sports, never served in the military, never worked a trade or basically anything else normal or masculine in your entire life without actually saying it. I used to drink a 6 pack of Shiner every night just hanging out in my barracks room and I didn't even get drunk. One beer a day after a 12 hour shift in a factory or shop or out in the fields, is not excessive or irresponsible at all.

You being an alcoholic doesn't make it a healthy or normal thing to do.

Drinking on any night other than a Friday or Saturday (bar exceptions like weddings or whatever) is non-British behaviour. The British body is designed to be filled with as much alcohol and cocaine on a Friday night and be able to piss completely clean by Monday morning.

Fry ups cure piss test failures.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

I know I mention GE a lot, but it may even be in Starmer's interests now to have one, de-select anybody not completely loyal to him, and go for broke. When he loses, so what - he'll still be a millionaire many times over and he'll still make a fair whack doing tours.

The thing to understand, aside from as mentioned many times that Labour do not care about their popularity, there people or indeed much of anything, is that Starmer ultimately cannot and does not make his decision in a vaccuum.

As is the norm for British politics vast amounts of money have been spent fiddling with the election, the climate going into it for years before and ensuring the right MPs are on side. The groups and individuals who spent that money expect Labour to provide a return on their investment. If Keir goes, "well, this job is hard. Guess I'll call it a day," there will be some exceedingly nasty consequences for him.

 

[Amin Yasister]

The CPS took it to trail despite video evidence of an unprovoked beating by the police so bad member s of the jury were in tears.

Must havd had the worst ever defence lawyer.

And jury. What jury, moved to tears, would not find him not guilty?

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Must havd had the worst ever defence lawyer.

And jury. What jury, moved to tears, would not find him not guilty?

They were crying because the pakis hands were hurting from all of the punching. Won't someone please think of the children consequences to muslims.

 

[lamppost]

*Snip*

"put humanity before politics"

Whoever wrote this is retarded beyond measure.

 

[Amin Yasister]

"put humanity before politics"

Whoever wrote this is retarded beyond measure.

If the thought of possible death using dingys to doesn't put them off, what will?

And 74 deaths out of how many illegals entering the UK in that same period?

More dangerous crossing a road in London.

 

[FedPostalService]

Must havd had the worst ever defence lawyer.

And jury. What jury, moved to tears, would not find him not guilty?

He was found not guilty. Did I miss type?

His lawyer wanted him to peruse legal action after the trail but he was smart enough not to. They’d have made his life a misery.

Look at Manchester police do to women who complain about them and think what the police will happily do to a man the press won’t care about.