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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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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.
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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.
 
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Made In Wales said:
Certainly, the source is Mick Barton of Nottinghamshire County Council.

Not to give too much away, but I recently attended a function in the area as the friend of a former Treasury Manager of Nottinghamshire County Council (can say who he is in DM, if interested) and he said during informal chat that the Red Cross is paying for these illegals to come here if one of their family has already been given residency.

Nobody was surprised - disgusted yes, surprised no.
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"Hi, Mick. Just letting you know, someone's sharing a private conversation you had with him on an online hate forum. Who's the guy?"

Obviously wouldn't do this but if anyone of us could do this then the police could also do this. Not even about avoiding getting doxxed, but about not getting arrested for "hate speech" because I bet you've said something that could get you a prison sentence in the 3k messages you've got on KF. Be careful, mate.
 
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"Hi, Mick. Just letting you know, someone's sharing a private conversation you had with him on an online hate forum. Who's the guy?"
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I doubt Barton would know or even remember him, given it was some sort of "function", probably attended by a few hundred people, and it doesn't sound like it was a one-on-one conversation as such. They'd be more likely to go after Barton directly; he's the leader of Nottingham council, so getting him on a hate charge would be a much bigger coup.


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Rayner declares war on allotments (telegraph)

Councils could cash in on public gardens to tackle funding crisis under new rules

Angela Rayner has given the green light for cash-strapped councils to sell off allotments to raise funds.

As Housing Secretary, the Deputy Prime Minister has given councils “flexibility” to sell some assets, including allotment sites, to fund day-to-day spending.

She has already personally approved the sale of eight allotment sites across England since Labour came to power. Under the Allotment Act 1925, any disposal of allotment sites requires Westminster to give the go-ahead.

Those that have already been sold include a site in Storrington, West Sussex, that will make way for 78 new homes. Residents have said the decision is “extremely disappointing”.

Ms Rayner has also given approval for two allotments in Ashfield, Notts, and two in Bolsover, Derbyshire, to be closed.

The Telegraph previously reported that the new rules on council asset sales could lead to the disposal of school playing fields, which a Government spokesman said should only happen where “absolutely necessary”.

But the changes allow local authorities “to determine how best to use this flexibility”, according to Jim McMahon, a housing minister, in a response to a parliamentary question from the Conservatives.

He added that the Government “expects all decisions to demonstrate value for money and to be in the best interests of local residents”.

Sir James Cleverly, the shadow housing secretary, condemned the changes and said they displayed a “complete disdain for protecting valued green spaces”.

“Angela Rayner giving the green light for councils to sell off allotments is a kick in the teeth to local people who don’t have access to their own gardens,” he said.

“On top of the Labour Government encouraging councils to sell off their playing fields, it yet again shows Labour’s lazy embrace of building on parks and green spaces rather than places where homes are needed and wanted.”

Blow to Jeremy Corbyn

The news is likely to come as a blow to Jeremy Corbyn, a passionate gardener who recently established a rival Left-wing party to Labour.

A representative for the former Labour leader, who has said his favourite vegetable to grow on his North London allotment is a marrow, declined to comment on the Government’s approval of sell-offs.

Councils, who the Local Government Assocation has said will face an £8bn shortfall by 2029, may be tempted to dispose of allotment space to raise money.

The local authorities are demanding the power to raise more of their own taxes, but those plans have been rejected by Rachel Reeves, who is concerned about giving up power to councils from the Treasury.

Despite Ms Rayner’s department announcing that the new rules would “extend the freedom” of councils to sell off assets, a spokesman said they had been allowed to dispose of some sites since 2016.

The spokesman said they “should only do so where it is clearly necessary and offers value for money”, adding: “We know how important allotments are for communities, and that is why strict criteria are in place to protect them, as well as school playing fields.”
 
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Le b0wski said:
They aren't exactly hiding it.
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Thanks. And to @Made In Wales for raising it in the first place. I'm not currently a donor but I was a regular one in the past and without the information might well have donated again. I've tended to shift donations just to small local charities these days.

It's not even about who the target recipients are - I'm probably more up for foreign charities than some of the more vocal people in this thread. But so much of this stuff is corrupt or doing something else behind the scenes now it's all but impossible. There was a charity to help people in Libya (and for background I was very vocal about Obama and Sarkozy's combined coup and bombing party), and they shifted their focus to bringing people over to Italy. For the price of housing and feeding one single person in Italy, for the same amount of money you could feed and house eleven in Libya. Just based on economics it made no sense. You might think some were fleeing because they were targeted. Well yes - by the government Obama, Sarkozy put in place so either the Good Guys™ won or didn't they? And the charity was in no position to assess anything. It was just "we need to bring everybody here". Never mind the money would go vastly further by offering the aid locally.

Few things are as blackpilling as seeing even charities fucking ripping people off.
 
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We as a country shouldn't be giving any other country a single penny of charity at this point. Not only are we pretty much broke and have way more issues at home with the homeless, military veterans, the disabled, etc but quite frankly most of the country's we give money to hate our guts.

Why should we give Africa any more money when it always ends up in the pockets of who ever lead the last military coup that month and they still hate us for "muh colonialism" or "muh slavery". Same with the Caribbean who's even worse for it and spends all of their time preaching how awful we are and demanding billions, if not trillions from us. Same can be said of India who by their own brags is now a super power.

TLDR Fuck em
 
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Sweeter and Savoury said:
If you have the urge to donate, donate local. Support your local food bank or better yet talk to your church and find out where help is needed. Never give your money to any of the big multi-national charities, they're all without exception scams.
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Local churches will often fund raise for the third world. My local churches send stuff to Gaza and Africa every few months. I hate them. I would attend a proper Christian church but I'm not going to woke lectures by heretics fund raising for rapists.
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What really puts the shit up me is the whole digital ID thing. I can't see how it can be used to stop niggers and Mudslimes entering the country. Someone make it make sense, please.

Also did anyone catch the story on the DM website about charities importing in nogs?

We're an island nation. Our only border is with an island nation. All we need to do is start gunning the boats and locking up forever those who do make it to shore. Not force the mark of the beast on people (maybe it's me being pessimistic but I don't trust it).
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They don't want to catch them. They want more ways to track people not being violent criminals. Anarcho Tyranny.
Phalanges Mycologist said:
I am with you about the Red Cross but fucking knock that on the head about the RNLI, they are unpaid volunteers who go out in all weather an rescue anybody in distress at sea, regardless of who they are they are one of the VERY few truly impartial services and they do incredible work with very little funding.

The reason they help the illegals in distress is because they help anyone in distress even during ww2 they rescued German sailors if there boats foundered in areas they covered (an they handed them over to the police / army once safe), I know it's not the same but they are honnor bound to help anyone regardless of who or what they are and do the often thankless and rarely talked about job well.
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Fuck off. They're already bleeding cash because they keep invading the island with more shit skins. Without them hundreds would die each year and act as a deterrent to the invaders. They are our enemies and there is no honour among traitors. They pick a side and they picked the child rapists.
 
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Kofi Drinka said:
I wonder many of these are plants intentionally trying to ruin Reform with shit like this.
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I watched the Reform stream earlier as it just popped up on JewTube, and the comments were full of glowies commenting.
"FU nigel vote tommy Advance UK"
"do you know what muslims do to gays?"
"VOTE ADVANCE UK!"

Shit like this. About half of the accounts I checked with suspiciously "out there" wording had been created this week.

You can see them in the dark when you're driving
 
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The difficulty is backing up what I've said with a source and also being mindful of not revealing too much.

I can't just say 'oh this happened' but I can't also say 'this happened and x, y, z know about it'

It's a fine line, given, but I would not but down anything untruthful - respect here is earned and I would never want that to be in jeopardy.

Now that I'm finally able to access the site (Lord only knows why it's been unreachable on my end)...


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Whilst I understand what @Phalanges Mycologist is saying about the RNLI, it is difficult to have sympathy for them when they are the migrant taxi service. I know that a lot of the staff are unhappy about it, and a lot have quit in protest, but the only way they are going to win people and financial support back is saying 'NO WE WON'T' to the Government.

If the Government locks them up for defiance, then I sincerely doubt (as some 'tards on the socials have said previously) the Royal Navy will take their place - hmm, get deployed to make sure Russia behaves, supporting the USA who have sent ships over there, or become a taxi service for niggy nog and co?

Which is more pressing a matter - stopping 'Mad Vlad' or stopping the migrants?
 
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It's a fine line, given, but I would not but down anything untruthful - respect here is earned and I would never want that to be in jeopardy.
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Losing respect here doesn't mean anything. Protect yourself and the people you know IRL. You keep trying to power level in ways you don't need to. The thread knows you and knows what you're like. You don't need to power level to prove yourself here. Protect yourself and protect your associates. If we are being monitored you're the biggest target and you need to practice Opsec like that.
 
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Visited Manchester for the first time in a decade last year. Place is an utter shit hole and is full of crack heads, niggers plus jeets and a weird amount of communist Chinese all over it. Every inch of the city is covered in graffiti with the residents also mimicking this by often covering themselves in awful looking tattoos. Tons of garish woke shit every where with one section of the city being a particular hot spot and is where you find a lot of the trannies and crack heads if there not in crackadilly. None of the shops are worth entering and are the exact same shit you'd see in any other large British city and the bars and pubs leave a lot to be desired and charge close to London prices in some establishments.

1/10, wont ever visit it again with the only highlight being a pretty good burger I bought. Only reason I'd ever see anyone wanting to visit is if you're really into collecting old vinyl and records.
 
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Kofi Drinka said:
Losing respect here doesn't mean anything. Protect yourself and the people you know IRL. You keep trying to power level in ways you don't need to. The thread knows you and knows what you're like. You don't need to power level to prove yourself here. Protect yourself and protect your associates. If we are being monitored you're the biggest target and you need to practice Opsec like that.
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Fair enough and thanks for the vote of confidence.

You're also right that I duty to look after myself and the community here - if in doubt in the future, I'll just say 'I'd rather not disclose that' just in case.

@A-Logato Newport is getting as bad as Mancland - and it's the Turks who are kicking off and causing issues. Apparently a row between two families resulted in a number of arrests and them going before the beak at the Magistrates earlier today:


 
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Visited Manchester for the first time in a decade last year. Place is an utter shit hole and is full of crack heads, niggers plus jeets and a weird amount of communist Chinese shit all over it. Every inch of the city is covered in graffiti with the residents also mimicking this by often covering themselves in awful looking tattoos. Tons of garish woke shit every where with one section of the city being a particular hot spot and is where you find a lot of the trannies and crack heads if there not in crackadilly. None of the shops are worth entering and are the exact same shit you'd see in any other large British city and the bars and pubs leave a lot to be desired and charge close to London prices in some establishments.

1/10, wont ever visit it again with the only highlight being a pretty good burger I bought. Only reason I'd ever see anyone wanting to visit is if you're really into collecting old vinyl and records.
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but Oasis bro.
 
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Visited Manchester for the first time in a decade last year. Place is an utter shit hole and is full of crack heads, niggers plus jeets and a weird amount of communist Chinese all over it. Every inch of the city is covered in graffiti with the residents also mimicking this by often covering themselves in awful looking tattoos. Tons of garish woke shit every where with one section of the city being a particular hot spot and is where you find a lot of the trannies and crack heads if there not in crackadilly. None of the shops are worth entering and are the exact same shit you'd see in any other large British city and the bars and pubs leave a lot to be desired and charge close to London prices in some establishments.

1/10, wont ever visit it again with the only highlight being a pretty good burger I bought. Only reason I'd ever see anyone wanting to visit is if you're really into collecting old vinyl and records.
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Manchester has been gone for years. I remember going to a concert back in 2016 with a friend and both of us looking at each other and wondering what the fuck was going on. It hadn't reached street preacher Birmingham level yet but the signs were there with the prominent Islamist speakers.

I went back earlier this year and it's 100% gone. walking through the streets you'll see 95% niggers and muzzies including full blown ragheads and postbox women. Funnily enough I thought it was worse than Birmingham in terms of demographics, even though Birmingham is worse for being a grey depressing shithole that looks like it's never been washed since 1970.
 
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