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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.

 

[FedPostalService]

Who even funds these things? Boomers with too much free time?

Unions mainly. The enfaggotment of British society in 90% down to the money and political influence of unions.

 

[Otterly]

For your viewing "pleasure" Otterly -

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ye gods what’s she doing? Stamp on the back of one knee while he’s off balance and take him down, then kneel on him. She does at least get him on the floor and not give up once he’s punched her. Any fairly burly bloke would have had them on the floor in seconds.
Women should not be sent out to these kind of calls. Frankly half the soy male gremlins I see in uniform shouldnt either.
They used to recruit from ex forces, and always remember coppers as being big lads. Recruiting from universities has been a disaster. The police used to be far more respected by regular people.
Remind me again what percentage of met police made zero arrests last year? Was it 50 or 70%?

 

[SnergenFlergen]

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.)

I'm genuinely conflicted as to whose side I'm on here. On the one hand, TMD. They should fall in line or fuck off (willingly or otherwise) to whatever desert shithole they originated from at their earliest inconvenience and should never deign to lay even their eyes, much less their hands, on another civilised person ever again.

On the other hand, fuck the police in this country. They willingly sided with them and took up arms against the natives years ago- the policewoman whose face was culturally enriched has probably gleefully arrested multiple native people for the 'crime' of posting Islamophobic tweets online.

This is how the barbarians reward your loyalty:



Parenthetically, I've been banging the drum of "5'4" women have no business being police officers" for years now and every story I see like this just strengthens my resolve on that point. Female police officers are chocolate teapots and picking DEI over competence and suitability for the role only ever results in shit like this happening. How long before one of them is KIA (if that hasn't happened already)?

We should not be putting women on the frontlines against the psychotic rampaging neanderthals who have more respect for the shit on the soles of their shoes than they do for this country and its native inhabitants and laws.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

The police being weak cuts both ways. A strong police force would be hell for the politically incorrect people. If things really kick off targeting females is a good way to get the weakling men to run to their rescue and get battered too.

The police looking weak while the boat people are on the news scares people. They want protecting and will vote to protect themselves.

 

[Otterly]

Parenthetically, I've been banging the drum of "5'4" women have no business being police officers"

I think there is a need for women on the force. Detectives, dealing with children, or sexual assault victims, etc. If someone’s had the shit kicked out of them by a violent male parent then a female officer may be a less threatening and more comforting presence for example. Women need women to search them, all that kind of thing.
But a small women to arrest a violent male is going to end badly.
I didn’t realise the Manchester lot were firearms (and I should have because I’ve been through there enough) she could have been killed and if he’d got her gun and wanted to use it an awful lot of people could have died.
The few times I’ve had to deal with the police they’ve always been very professional, and I want, and think the country needs and deserves, a strong police force. But it has to be policing by consent like the original model and that requires respect. Police deal with some very unpleasant people - they do put their lives on the line and I would like to go back to when we respected that. Until the rot is cut out, and until they stop being seen as petty enforcers of social engineering, I don’t think that will happen. It damages the police, the public, everything

 

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I'm just wikiposting because I'm tired. It's all dominoes

 

[SnergenFlergen]

I think there is a need for women on the force. Detectives, dealing with children, or sexual assault victims, etc. If someone’s had the shit kicked out of them by a violent male parent then a female officer may be a less threatening and more comforting presence for example. Women need women to search them, all that kind of thing.

Completely agree, women do and should have a significant place in the force and those are good examples as to why. I'd never want to shut them out entirely.

But a small women to arrest a violent male is going to end badly.

I assume interacting with and/or arresting violent men is not an unusual occurrence for police in this country, or indeed any other- I daresay that it's the most significant part of the job. This is where the problem lies.

I conjecture that when women were first permitted to be police officers, it was assumed that criminals would respect the badge- even if it was worn by someone who the average man could comfortably lift over his head one-handed. That may have been the case at one point in living memory, but when you go on to import a race of people who hold dogs in higher regard than women we end up with situations like this. Female police officers will be a laughing stock and a thorn in the side of the force until the day such people are removed from this country.

It could work, but currently it does not.

 

[Kier Starmer]

My in-laws avoided going to London entirely this year; instead, they are going straight to Scotland. I did ask them to avoid it due to all the violence there. I was surprised, though, when my mother-in-law said her friends had said the same thing and they had done the same. These are all people with fuck you money too, they can drop a shit ton on designer stuff in a snap. When people start doing that, it's bad.

I was saying to my other half, I can foresee huge unrest in the next few years.

 

[Eddie Riggs]

My in-laws avoided going to London entirely this year; instead, they are going straight to Scotland. I did ask them to avoid it due to all the violence there. I was surprised, though, when my mother-in-law said her friends had said the same thing and they had done the same. These are all people with fuck you money too, they can drop a shit ton on designer stuff in a snap. When people start doing that, it's bad.

I was saying to my other half, I can foresee huge unrest in the next few years.

Just make sure not to tell the shitskins about Irn-Bru.

 

[Otterly]

I conjecture that when women were first permitted to be police officers, it was assumed that criminals would respect the badge- even if it was being worn by someone whom the average man could comfortably lift over his head one-handed

The times Ive dealt with the police were ‘non criminal but unpleasant’ stuff (think search and rescue type of thing) and they sent a woman out because feelings or something. The women coppers were excellent, very good at dealing with traumatised family members, and they were accompanied by a bloke who seemed to fulfill the ‘there’s a big man in uniform here’ role. I have to say that the pairing was effective and they did a very good job.
I would doubt that when women first joined the force they were sent to drunk and disorderly type stuff, but perhaps I’m wrong. VERY few men of my generation would swing at a woman, that’s changed too. Also the police back then were perfectly happy to thump anyone who tried it on. Those lads in that video would have been physically dealt with after the first punch. And really, I don’t have an issue with that. If you’re drunk and disorderly and violent in public or thieving stuff, you deserve a beating. We’d be in a better place if the police were less ideological and able to just give burglars a kicking.

 

[FedPostalService]

Parenthetically, I've been banging the drum of "5'4" women have no business being police officers" for years now

I’d go one further and say anyone below 5’10” tall has no business being in the police.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Just make sure not to tell the shitskins about Irn-Bru.

Tell them about it. Might stop them going there. Tastes like drinking pennies.

 

[Made In Wales]

I have been fearing a Northern Rock 2. In all honesty, I am betting that HSBC or Natwest, as well as Santander, are not looking good either. I think Labour thinks the pause in Parliament is going to alleviate the grave situation currently, but it is going to make it much worse.
We have a government that is paralyzed; it is unsustainable.

Are you reading my thoughts, because those are exactly the three banks I believe will go nipples up.

HSBC might be okay (for now) but NatWest and Santander are looking the most likely candidates.

The interest rates of savings accounts has gone down for the umpteenth time as well, thanks to Rachel Thieves. Any lower and they'll be in the ground.

@FedPostalService Christ, don't tell @Chunky Salsa that, I can't see Warwick being very happy!

 

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They should get all the pip as they’re obviously retarded wearing masks outside.
Anyway enjoy a video from Manchester.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

FYI

HSBC will be fine.

 

[Inquisitor_BadAss]

My in-laws avoided going to London entirely this year; instead, they are going straight to Scotland. I did ask them to avoid it due to all the violence there. I was surprised, though, when my mother-in-law said her friends had said the same thing and they had done the same. These are all people with fuck you money too, they can drop a shit ton on designer stuff in a snap. When people start doing that, it's bad.

I was saying to my other half, I can foresee huge unrest in the next few years.

Having been to London and Edinburgh on multiple occasions I'd say Edinburgh is the better choice. York is also pretty good if you're only going for the evening due to the ridiculous amount of bars there.

 

[2 Faces 2 Colours]

Christ, the Irish are based, if only we had that here. All we get here is some old twat who says he will deport migrants then sucks Muslim cock.

I think once Lowe has everything organised, Pochine and Tice are going to defect to Restore. Tice has been far quieter in support of Reform as of late. Farage murders parties, not nurture them.

I don't think the Ulster Protestants like being called Irish, but the actual Irish have been fighting too, as I've seen. I don't blame them; the demographic transformation of Ireland has been rapid.

All is good for this year's twelfth of July.

 

[Mound Dweller]

Recruiting from universities has been a disaster.

They ALL have to have degrees now, that's been a recent innovation; so it'll only get worse as the lower-mid ranks are overtaken by the same jobsworth mindset that's long infested every grade above Inspector, it's gonna be an utter disaster. This is the consequence of permitting policing to become politicised (elected PCCs was another stepping stone to this nonsense).
"Policing by consent" is a great idea, but like many other noble things it's something that only works in homogenous high trust societies, which we just don't have anymore.

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HSBC will be fine.

NEVER too big to fail, NEVER EVER, foundations of sand and all that.

 

[FedPostalService]

They ALL have to have degrees now, that's been a recent innovation; so it'll only get worse as the lower-mid ranks are overtaken by the same jobsworth mindset that's long infested every grade about Inspector, it's gonna be an utter disaster. This is the consequence of permitting policing to become politicised (elected PCCs was another stepping stone to this nonsense).
"Policing by consent" is a great idea, but like many other noble things it's something that only works in homogenous high trust societies, which we just don't have anymore.

NEVER too big to fail, NEVER EVER, foundations of sand and all that.

I worked with a girl for a few months who came in as an admin who was waiting for her start in the police.

Good looking gym bunny with no personality but she was tiny.

One punch from 99% of men would have destroyed her. I don’t care how much training she’d get in the force but nothing short of a black belt in jujitsu would be needed by her if she ever needed to restrain just me.

I don’t understand why the elites are pushing this or why some women are so retarded they think they can do the actual job.

Maybe she thought she’d get fast tracked to being an inspector but good looking gym bunny with that even everyone else has a degree now.

No idea what happened to her but I wonder if the police will start having the same dropout rate as teaching? Will they all become stand up comedians too?

 

[Made In Wales]

I worked with a girl for a few months who came in as an admin who was waiting for her start in the police.

Good looking gym bunny with no personality but she was tiny.

One punch from 99% of men would have destroyed her. I don’t care how much training she’d get in the force but nothing short of a black belt in jujitsu would be needed by her if she ever needed to restrain just me.

I don’t understand why the elites are pushing this or why some women are so retarded they think they can do the actual job.

Maybe she thought she’d get fast tracked to being an inspector but good looking gym bunny with that even everyone else has a degree now.

No idea what happened to her but I wonder if the police will start having the same dropout rate as teaching? Will they all become stand up comedians too?

It's due to the Feminists who cry 'sexism'.

They've now got what they wanted.

Some news (non Reform UK stuff - decided that I'll respect the views of others about them if they'll respect mine):

'Build bomb shelters!' Ex-Army chief warns Britain must prepare for war with Russia in next five years

https://www.gbnews.com/news/vladimir-putin-army-chief-russia-war

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


Briton extradited to US after $99million wine fraud investigation:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/james-wellesley-briton-extradited-us-wine-fraud

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


OnlyFans star quits racy career to claim benefits instead - and buys discounted council house for £101k:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/benefits-onlyfans-universal-credit-council-house

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/zK8jp


Scotland Yard arrests 41 people at mass pro-Gaza rally after Palestine Action condemned as terrorist group:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/palestine-action-protests-metropolitan-police-london-arrests-gaza-proscribed

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


Rachel Reeves could rake in £8.8bn from 'double tax hit' on savers, Coventry Building Society warns:

https://www.gbnews.com/money/rachel-reeves-tax-savers-convetry-building-society

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/2XECP


Archaeology breakthrough as remains recovered from one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in groundbreaking discovery:

https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-seven-wonders-of-world-recovered-lighthouse-of-alexandria

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/5MUAy


Tennis star, 25, shot dead by father after he was 'ridiculed for living off her success':

https://www.gbnews.com/sport/tennis/tennis-star-shot-dead-father

Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/JIL5g