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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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Durham students from the North claim they are being 'constantly mocked' for their local accents by southerners and face a 'toxic culture' at university​

  • 'Prejudice and discrimination' directed at northern students at Durham
  • Students referred to sleeping with people from the area as 'rolling in muck'
  • Report compiled by Durham student Lauren White refers to 'toxic culture'

What did northern students say about Durham in the study?​

  • 'I ended up dropping out of Durham in February 2019 after only five months because of how elitist I found it. I'm from a working class Gateshead family and went on the supported progression programme to get into Durham which I really enjoyed. But then when I got to Durham it was so different to everything I thought it would be. I totally agree with everything you said in your article about the accent thing, and how at first you didn't really take much notice about how people asked you to repeat things but over time you realise it's more than just little digs. I literally live 20 minutes away and I would go for weeks without hearing a northern accent.'
  • 'I studied Spanish translation and we had to translate things into respective regional accents. For example, a London accent into a Madrid accent. Every class, my accent got mentioned where the lecturer would make fun of it. I had to read a passage in front of the lecture hall as an example of an unusual accent, despite me asking not to do so. When I complained I was told that I needed to learn to take a joke.'
  • 'As a student from the North East of England studying at Durham University, I am regularly belittled and made to feel like I do not belong within the University because of my accent and where I am from. On my first day of Freshers' Week, a girl in my flat approached me to ask if she would be able to get an internet connection in Durham, and then said that she 'didn't realise the North has technology'. In the College dining hall, I have been called a 'dirty northerner', and a 'chav'. In Freshers' Week, a fellow student asked me 'are you going to take the spare food home to feed your family?'
  • 'A boy approached me and told me I was good looking and asked for my name. I answered him and he then said, 'oh I'm sorry I didn't realise you were Northern - aren't most Northerners poor?'. I then said that was a massive generalisation but also was classist. Our conversation lasted about three to five minutes, and concluded with him saying 'you're hot and s***gable, but I could never take someone like you home to mum and dad'.'
 
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Durham students from the North claim they are being 'constantly mocked' for their local accents by southerners and face a 'toxic culture' at university​

  • 'Prejudice and discrimination' directed at northern students at Durham
  • Students referred to sleeping with people from the area as 'rolling in muck'
  • Report compiled by Durham student Lauren White refers to 'toxic culture'

What did northern students say about Durham in the study?​

  • 'I ended up dropping out of Durham in February 2019 after only five months because of how elitist I found it. I'm from a working class Gateshead family and went on the supported progression programme to get into Durham which I really enjoyed. But then when I got to Durham it was so different to everything I thought it would be. I totally agree with everything you said in your article about the accent thing, and how at first you didn't really take much notice about how people asked you to repeat things but over time you realise it's more than just little digs. I literally live 20 minutes away and I would go for weeks without hearing a northern accent.'
  • 'I studied Spanish translation and we had to translate things into respective regional accents. For example, a London accent into a Madrid accent. Every class, my accent got mentioned where the lecturer would make fun of it. I had to read a passage in front of the lecture hall as an example of an unusual accent, despite me asking not to do so. When I complained I was told that I needed to learn to take a joke.'
  • 'As a student from the North East of England studying at Durham University, I am regularly belittled and made to feel like I do not belong within the University because of my accent and where I am from. On my first day of Freshers' Week, a girl in my flat approached me to ask if she would be able to get an internet connection in Durham, and then said that she 'didn't realise the North has technology'. In the College dining hall, I have been called a 'dirty northerner', and a 'chav'. In Freshers' Week, a fellow student asked me 'are you going to take the spare food home to feed your family?'
  • 'A boy approached me and told me I was good looking and asked for my name. I answered him and he then said, 'oh I'm sorry I didn't realise you were Northern - aren't most Northerners poor?'. I then said that was a massive generalisation but also was classist. Our conversation lasted about three to five minutes, and concluded with him saying 'you're hot and s***gable, but I could never take someone like you home to mum and dad'.'
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Woman can't take "banter" or answer back, whines about it online.
 
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bot_for_hire said:

Durham students from the North claim they are being 'constantly mocked' for their local accents by southerners and face a 'toxic culture' at university​

  • 'Prejudice and discrimination' directed at northern students at Durham
  • Students referred to sleeping with people from the area as 'rolling in muck'
  • Report compiled by Durham student Lauren White refers to 'toxic culture'

What did northern students say about Durham in the study?​

  • 'I ended up dropping out of Durham in February 2019 after only five months because of how elitist I found it. I'm from a working class Gateshead family and went on the supported progression programme to get into Durham which I really enjoyed. But then when I got to Durham it was so different to everything I thought it would be. I totally agree with everything you said in your article about the accent thing, and how at first you didn't really take much notice about how people asked you to repeat things but over time you realise it's more than just little digs. I literally live 20 minutes away and I would go for weeks without hearing a northern accent.'
  • 'I studied Spanish translation and we had to translate things into respective regional accents. For example, a London accent into a Madrid accent. Every class, my accent got mentioned where the lecturer would make fun of it. I had to read a passage in front of the lecture hall as an example of an unusual accent, despite me asking not to do so. When I complained I was told that I needed to learn to take a joke.'
  • 'As a student from the North East of England studying at Durham University, I am regularly belittled and made to feel like I do not belong within the University because of my accent and where I am from. On my first day of Freshers' Week, a girl in my flat approached me to ask if she would be able to get an internet connection in Durham, and then said that she 'didn't realise the North has technology'. In the College dining hall, I have been called a 'dirty northerner', and a 'chav'. In Freshers' Week, a fellow student asked me 'are you going to take the spare food home to feed your family?'
  • 'A boy approached me and told me I was good looking and asked for my name. I answered him and he then said, 'oh I'm sorry I didn't realise you were Northern - aren't most Northerners poor?'. I then said that was a massive generalisation but also was classist. Our conversation lasted about three to five minutes, and concluded with him saying 'you're hot and s***gable, but I could never take someone like you home to mum and dad'.'
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Sounds about right. Durham is a posh boy uni, plus Geordie can be fuckin' unintelligible some of the time.
 
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Durham students from the North claim they are being 'constantly mocked' for their local accents by southerners and face a 'toxic culture' at university​

  • 'Prejudice and discrimination' directed at northern students at Durham
  • Students referred to sleeping with people from the area as 'rolling in muck'
  • Report compiled by Durham student Lauren White refers to 'toxic culture'

What did northern students say about Durham in the study?​

  • 'I ended up dropping out of Durham in February 2019 after only five months because of how elitist I found it. I'm from a working class Gateshead family and went on the supported progression programme to get into Durham which I really enjoyed. But then when I got to Durham it was so different to everything I thought it would be. I totally agree with everything you said in your article about the accent thing, and how at first you didn't really take much notice about how people asked you to repeat things but over time you realise it's more than just little digs. I literally live 20 minutes away and I would go for weeks without hearing a northern accent.'
  • 'I studied Spanish translation and we had to translate things into respective regional accents. For example, a London accent into a Madrid accent. Every class, my accent got mentioned where the lecturer would make fun of it. I had to read a passage in front of the lecture hall as an example of an unusual accent, despite me asking not to do so. When I complained I was told that I needed to learn to take a joke.'
  • 'As a student from the North East of England studying at Durham University, I am regularly belittled and made to feel like I do not belong within the University because of my accent and where I am from. On my first day of Freshers' Week, a girl in my flat approached me to ask if she would be able to get an internet connection in Durham, and then said that she 'didn't realise the North has technology'. In the College dining hall, I have been called a 'dirty northerner', and a 'chav'. In Freshers' Week, a fellow student asked me 'are you going to take the spare food home to feed your family?'
  • 'A boy approached me and told me I was good looking and asked for my name. I answered him and he then said, 'oh I'm sorry I didn't realise you were Northern - aren't most Northerners poor?'. I then said that was a massive generalisation but also was classist. Our conversation lasted about three to five minutes, and concluded with him saying 'you're hot and s***gable, but I could never take someone like you home to mum and dad'.'
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Every last complaint of these should've been sorted in the Northern Way.

By twatting the smug cunts.
 
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My favourite past time is headbutting posh toff twats when I was younger, gave them a reality check that having money, posh arrogance and looking down on folk isn't gonna stop a good headbutt.

Better that way, otherwise they have a chance pissing off someone who would want them dead.
 
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Even at the height of the lockdown earlier in the Year the government didn't force the supermarkets to stop selling 'non essential' items. Amazon will still be delivering of course.

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Even at the height of the lockdown earlier in the Year the government didn't force the supermarkets to stop selling 'non essential' items. Amazon will still be delivering of course.

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Drakeford's clearly gone insane, as has the Welsh Government. There's absolutely no reason whatsoever to do any of this weird stuff the Welsh Government randomly mandated weeks before any kind of central government help was likely.
 
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Drakeford's clearly gone insane, as has the Welsh Government. There's absolutely no reason whatsoever to do any of this weird stuff the Welsh Government randomly mandated weeks before any kind of central government help was likely.
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Unless it's some sort of ransom attempt. Westminster, give us more taffbucks or we'll ban more things in the name of the Chinese Batclap.
 
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Even at the height of the lockdown earlier in the Year the government didn't force the supermarkets to stop selling 'non essential' items. Amazon will still be delivering of course.

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While the government didn’t stop the sales of none essential items it didn’t stop the police from checking people’s bags for none essential items.

 

Scottish teachers to be forced to adopt ‘intersectionality’​

Scotland has been pursuing a radical course when it comes to social justice recently. The government has introduced a hate crime bill that seeks to create the offence of ‘stirring up hatred’; it has attempted to redefine the definition of ‘women’; and one SNP MP has even supported taking a drag queen to a primary school.

So Mr Steerpike was not exactly surprised to see that the social justice state is now looking to force its teachers to toe a similar line.

This year, the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) has been consulting on new ‘Professional Standards’ for teachers, which will come into force in August 2021. In June, the GTCS approved a final draft of the new standards, which it has now published online and asked for feedback.

As part of its powers, the GTCS is able to strike off teachers who do not meet its professional standards, and they are a benchmark of competence for all new teachers joining the profession. In other words, any teachers who do not subscribe to them will not be teaching for very long.

Rather worryingly then, Mr S has spotted that the teaching body has decided to adopt a left-wing political framework for its new standards.

The GTCS lists three professional values that all teachers will be expected to have in Scotland in 2021: ‘trust and respect’, ‘integrity’, and ‘social justice’.

Some of the qualities the GTCS describes as belonging to social justice are innocuous enough. It is hard to object to the idea, for example, that teachers should promote the health and wellbeing of students in their care.

Other qualities are more controversial. If the standards are enacted, it will become compulsory for teachers in 2021 to be:

“‘Committing to social justice through fair, transparent, inclusive, and sustainable policies and practices in relation to protected characteristics… and intersectionality.’
Exactly how teachers are meant to demonstrate their commitment to ‘intersectionality’ (a rather nebulous strand of identity politics that stresses the importance of competing levels of privilege) in their day to day practice, as the standards command, is beyond Mr Steerpike’s imagination.

The full list of social justice qualities the GTCS provides are here:

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At the moment, the GTCS standards are still open for consultation – although ‘consultations’ don’t count for much in the Scottish state these days. But if Scotland does end up adopting these standards by August 2021, it looks like any teachers who do not subscribe to the philosophy of social justice are going to be heading for a bumpy ride.
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Scottish Independence can't come soon enough so that the SNP dissolves. The fact that the only party that knows they can capitalise on the dissolving of the SNP is the Scottish Greens and not the likes of Labour & Lib Dems when they are wasting their time chasing the Unionist vote when Unionists go to the actual unionist and conservative party anyways.

Till than, Big Tent party keeping their more loonier side at bay by throwing them several bones. Not a lot of SNP voters support the hate crime bill as it's unpopular all around the board but because the SNP and Greens support independence and the rest of the opposition don't means the SNP will be back in government again with possibly another majority because there is not many who support independence that will vote for the unionist parties, even if their political alignment is more conservative than the SNP offers.
 
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Scottish Independence can't come soon enough so that the SNP dissolves. The fact that the only party that knows they can capitalise on the dissolving of the SNP is the Scottish Greens and not the likes of Labour & Lib Dems when they are wasting their time chasing the Unionist vote when Unionists go to the actual unionist and conservative party anyways.

Till than, Big Tent party keeping their more loonier side at bay by throwing them several bones. Not a lot of SNP voters support the hate crime bill as it's unpopular all around the board but because the SNP and Greens support independence and the rest of the opposition don't means the SNP will be back in government again with possibly another majority because there is not many who support independence that will vote for the unionist parties, even if their political alignment is more conservative than the SNP offers.
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As if the SNP would give up if Scotland actually got independence. They would ride the we got your “freedom” for generations to come.
 
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