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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679 (https://archive.ph/5Ba6o)

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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Clop said:
I get plenty of fun out of watching airports impotently fight a losing battle against dipshits with expensive toys. I'm almost tempted to build miniature remote-controlled flak tanks Red Alert-style.
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why miniature? just get 2 guys and a bofors. that will do the trick...
 
Some JERK said:
If they can make printers that refuse to duplicate currency then why can't they make drones that refuse to fly within 1000 yards of an active runway?
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Drones I'm familiar with , I don't know about shit tier ones, have GPS integration. AS few years ago the MSM publicized how much ISIS was using drones. DJI, and maybe other manufacturers, disabled their drones from flying in Iraq and Syria. It might have only been certain areas. I can't remember. It is certainly within the ability of manufacturers of drones with GPS integration to integrate legally mandated no fly zones into their firmware. It does get kinda sketchy. I don't own a drone, but friends have complained about being able to legally fly in my area due to FAA controlled airspace. I live in a relatively rural area without anything the average person would regard as an airport, but there are "active" airstrips all over the place. Were talking about an asphalt strip and a couple hangers. I have no idea how much actual traffic they get.
 
Stoneheart said:
why miniature? just get 2 guys and a bofors. that will do the trick...
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For the same reasons that even if you have a car, it is infinitely more fun to go race around in a go-kart...

Someone lost touch with his inner child. F
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46807861

Traditional prison window bars are to be phased out in England and Wales, under Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans.

New jails will instead be fitted with toughened glass and air vents.

Ministers said the windows would be hard to break and better for stopping prisoners "accessing contraband".

Campaigners said bars were "yesterday's technology" and windows would provide a more normal environment in which people would take responsibility for their own lives.

But ex-prisoner turned charity worker and author, Leroy Smith, described the changes as "a pointless gesture" - adding that prisoners needed better education and training.

"Otherwise nothing is going to change," he said.

Bars on prison cell windows are used in most jails, including the most modern buildings such as Berwyn, north Wales and Oakwood, Wolverhampton.

The MoJ has promised to replace old and expensive prison accommodation with 10,000 "modern and safe" spaces.

And the first new prisons are expected to be built on the site of former jails at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and Glen Parva, Leicestershire in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Ministers also want to build new prisons in south Wales and near HMP Full Sutton, Yorkshire, in addition to redeveloping existing prisons at Hindley, Greater Manchester and Rochester, Kent.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: "Secure, sealed windows with toughened glass and narrow vents will be used in all cells in future prisons.

"These windows are difficult to break, making them more effective in stopping prisoners from accessing contraband."

Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust said: "A normal environment in which people take responsibility for as much of their own lives as possible is preparation for successful release.

"Bars in windows is yesterday's technology."

The move comes as researchers begin a study to examine the impact of a more relaxed and humane prison by examining changes at HMP Berwyn.

There, prisoners are referred to as men, housed in communities rather than blocks, and locked up in "rooms" rather than cells.

There have also been attempts at the prison to fill empty wall space with photos of the local Welsh landscape.

Professor Yvonne Jewkes from the University of Bath said the changes were "relatively simple" but could have "an important effect when it comes to making prisoners feel that they are treated with respect and dignity".

The £600,000 study has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
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'The toughened glass windows are difficult to break' but not impossible.

GG MoJ! Maybe you should remember that prison is meant to be a goddamn punishment.
 
The way I see it when you break the law and go to prison you lose most of your rights as a american citizen and should have to suck it up and not complain about being locked up. People should know what they have coming to them when they do something they know could end them up in prison.
 
Hal said:
The way I see it when you break the law and go to prison you lose most of your rights as a american citizen and should have to suck it up and not complain about being locked up. People should know what they have coming to them when they do something they know could end them up in prison.
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So basically 'don't do the crime if you can't do the time'?
 
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Professor Yvonne Jewkes from the University of Bath said the changes were "relatively simple" but could have "an important effect when it comes to making prisoners feel that they are treated with respect and dignity".
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They're prisoners, the whole reason they're there is because they committed a crime. Why the hell do we care about their "Dignity and respect"? They're fed, housed and contained. That's what a prison's supposed to do, and bars contain them just fine.
 
"There have also been attempts at the prison to fill empty wall space with photos of the local Welsh landscape."

Ah, so they'll feel less like they're in prison while they're eating prison food, getting raped in the showers, and wearing orange jumpsuits. Got it.

I really don't get what they think some pictures of some goats grazing on grass or windmills will accomplish in a prison. That shit'll get defaced minute it's left unguarded, no? Prisoners don't generally strike me as the type that admire nature and Welsh landscapes in their spare time.
 
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