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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.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

One in one out is just re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

It's better than the Tories idea of 'One out, one crippled disabled one back in with their whole family'.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

"We're gonna machine gun all the boat chimps." Would still work if you told them though, they can't stop bullets with their niggedry.

Then you don't want them to know until you open fire. I think this is the best plan and I hope we can rearm the pill boxes lining our island.

Imagine thinking Starmer has an effective plan. There is clearly still part of you that believes in this "man". There has to be for you to make that statement.
"Pssst. I'm going to hold a press conference about my plan to stop the boat people. But I can't tell you about it, it's a secret between me and the French Rat, you just have to trust me........"

I have no faith in him. I think he's a jew loving traitor and needs to be removed as fast as possible.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

It's better than the Tories idea of 'One out, one crippled disabled one back in with their whole family'.

Ackshually. The last time immigration went down was under david cameron. I dislike Cameron as a person, but he did the country well as a PM.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Ackshually. The last time immigration went down was under david cameron. I dislike Cameron as a person, but he did the country well as a PM.

I meant the plan to send them to Rwanda. If you read the actual bill, around section 9 it states that for every person we sent, we got one of theirs back who had complex medical needs that they couldn't account for in their shithole.

 

[Eddie Riggs]

I meant the plan to send them to Rwanda. If you read the actual bill, around section 9 it states that for every person we sent, we got one of theirs back who had complex medical needs that they couldn't account for in their shithole.

You know, Rwanda's becoming a semi-competent nation. Why not go for ultimate punishment and give them a one way ticket to Somalia next time?

 

[BongoMongo]

Why is it mid winter buses are colder than a witches tit, but in summer the fucking heating is on? Someone make it make sense, for the love of god, even my ears are sweating .

 

[EddyRooney]

"The first thing any president should say - or anybody in public life - is without a border protected, you don't have a nation," - John Kerry

Looks like the penny has finally dropped in America, will our lot ever catch up ?

Why is it mid winter buses are colder than a witches tit, but in summer the fucking heating is on? Someone make it make sense, for the love of god, even my ears are sweating .

Some bus drivers are obviously arseholes, just like their even bigger twat, overpaid train driving cousins. I was listening to two train drivers on my ( early ) morning commute the other week travelling up to Londonistan......"oh yeah, you know John, he loves the heating being on whatever the weather" I was clearly listening in, absolutely fucking roasting, but I thought they went on to say he didn't care because he drove the train with the window open ( to stay awake ? To sober up ?! To offset the thermonuclear heating he's turned up to 11 ?! )

 

[Snekposter]

You know, Rwanda's becoming a semi-competent nation. Why not go for ultimate punishment and give them a one way ticket to Somalia next time?

Isn't Trump deporting people to South Sudan? Could always copy his notes there.

 

[>IMPLYING]

Why didn't the French get rid of Macron a few years ago?

Literal and open cross-party collusion in 2024 legislative elections where the entire Left and centre-left formed a single party/alliance, the entire Centre and Centre-right formed a single party/alliance, all with intent of keeping Le Pen and the NR out. They stood down candidates in seats where they threatened to split the vote, withdrew candidates after the first round so votes going to them would go to a more popular centrist or leftist, so despite getting the most overall votes the NR still remained the 3rd largest party in the legislature like before. If NR had won they wouldn't have kicked out Macron yet (unless they no confidence'd him) but they'd basically make him a lame duck until the next election. What occurred in that election was unprecedented and it was done with the sole aim of delaying the NR from getting into power. The post-WW2 democracies seem purpose-built to delay a turn to the right by giving the party in power a chance to assuage them, but when they do fuck all it makes the system pointless in its design and makes the inevitable right-wing turn all the more potent for it.

Put them in a detention centre indefinitely. With the most basic conditions. Let the world know. Let it be a deterrent.

It's kind of cruel to suggest, but 74 people died crossing the channel in 2024. Now, those people died on accident. However, in being cruel to be kind, if we simply shot a handful who tried to cross, then fewer overall may die as a result in the long-term. Instead of "those people died in a tragic accident, it won't happen to us", it's now "the British government are intentionally killing people who try to cross illegally, we shouldn't risk it", which may result in fewer attempted crossings and thus fewer deaths. People are still crossing the border illegally in the US because the risk-reward is too balanced in favour of reward. If we turn up the risk substantially, pull all the way back on the reward, it may stop the crossings entirely.

10/15 tops

 

[Kier Starmer]

He is indeed and he is being very based, I don't give a fuck about Epstein. I go over there for 6 weeks of the year, and it is already noticeable. In TX, a lot of Mexicans have gone back because ICE will fuck you up. The economy is solid, and hell, my other half can buy a home, and it is substantially cheaper than rent. Now, Trump is targeting the Indians and the Chinese; that is fantastic in my book. Both races only exist as a literal incarnation of the "can I borrow your homework" meme.

 

[Made In Wales]

It's better than the Tories idea of 'One out, one crippled disabled one back in with their whole family'.

One in, one out, one shake it all about...

You do the wokey cokey, and you country goes to shit...

That's what it's all about...

 

[Clem Fandango]

not even for a crafty wank,

Crafty wank? All these women have the chest of a thirteen year old boy - no tits to be seen. Sad, really

Edit:

He is right. If you're being invaded you don't tell the invaders your security plans. If there is a real plan here telling people what it is before it's put in place weakens it. There probably isn't, but this is the right thing to do if there is.

No. No no no. In this situation our plans should be very public, and very easy to understand: "WE WILL SINK YOUR BOATS", "YOU CANNOT STAY", "FUCK OFF, WE'RE FULL". I can understand the need for discretion if this were a war and some kind of covert military operation, but this is about discouraging migration. We want them to know.

 

[A-Logato]

New Footage of the Female Police Officer who was assaulted & had her nose broken in Manchester Airport is released

EDIT: More footage of the whole event

 

[Eddie Riggs]

He is indeed and he is being very based, I don't give a fuck about Epstein. I go over there for 6 weeks of the year, and it is already noticeable. In TX, a lot of Mexicans have gone back because ICE will fuck you up. The economy is solid, and hell, my other half can buy a home, and it is substantially cheaper than rent. Now, Trump is targeting the Indians and the Chinese; that is fantastic in my book. Both races only exist as a literal incarnation of the "can I borrow your homework" meme.

I know I'm speaking from a Burger-centric point of view, but with what Trump's doing - it's possible the winds of change could blow over to the Isles.

 

[Kier Starmer]

utter cunts all of them!

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

New Footage of the Female Police Officer who was assaulted & had her nose broken in Manchester Airport is released

EDIT: More footage of the whole event

Suffer, pig.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

I meant the plan to send them to Rwanda. If you read the actual bill, around section 9 it states that for every person we sent, we got one of theirs back who had complex medical needs that they couldn't account for in their shithole.

Fair enough. All parties have and will continue to fail immigration on purpose because that's the plan.
Russia is taking in 1 million indians and Japan are taking in thousands of kurds.

Someone is pushing the shit, subhuman races on every nice space on the planet.

 

[Otterly]

New Footage of the Female Police Officer who was assaulted & had her nose broken in Manchester Airport is released

EDIT: More footage of the whole event

Why was a five foot and a bit girl who looks like she’s built like a sparrow sent to arrest a bloke who had attacked someone? I’m not even saying this as a criticism of the officer herself - she tried. But ffs the guy had already attacked someone with potentially lethal force (a headbutt is not trivial.)
Back in the day police were all big lads, and they’d fuck you up. Now we’ve got slight young women sent to arrest violent men and they’re not even allowed to use force on them. The perps should have been put on the floor and given a brisk going over by her majesty’s finest.
I know people here arent a big fan of the police, but they are an essential part of law and order, and they should be able to be physically intimidating when arresting violent criminals. If you’re a violent mohammedean who has been brawling you should expect to get a kicking from the plod.
Instead we’ve got small women getting broken faces, police not allowed to lay a finger on genuinely dangerous men, or facing an inquiry every time they draw a weapon, and coppers sent to arrest women for praying outside abortion clinics. I would love to know what the more old school rank and file think about all this. Make it make sense.

 

[Clem Fandango]

Someone is pushing the shit, subhuman races on every nice space on the planet.

Tonight a mate was telling me Riga is nice. Might want to book your holidays while it's still cheap and before it becomes Paris/Londonistan 2.0

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Tonight a mate was telling me Riga is nice. Might want to book your holidays while it's still cheap and before it becomes Paris/Londonistan 2.0

Slavland is the last bastion of whitey. Try as they might to fill the place with brownoids, they get ran out of town by the gypsies, who may be a plague on other countries, but just like a cat, they don't shit on their own lawn.