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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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spread happiness@p4leandp1nk
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#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs

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10:07 AM - Jan 3, 2019

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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]

You can't be outing yourself as a wog like this by being unwilling to read.

You’re my favourite Warrick Davis enjoyer on here.

So I am guessing the rumors of internal revolt within Labour were greatly exaggerated.

I’m surprised they’ve held it together so far. I’m torn between nothing ever happens and imminent factional infighting erupting any time now.

 

[The Gene Genie]

I’m surprised they’ve held it together so far. I’m torn between nothing ever happens and imminent factional infighting erupting any time now.

My guess is the May elections. They don’t want to be caught making waves against Starmer if the elections somehow (against all reality) go well for Labour, but if there’s a poor showing then they’ve got ammunition to spare to fire at him.

 

[Drama Trauma]

Nigel Farage allegedly getting an "English Bulldog's head" as a tattoo: (x/a)

Weird way to campaign on April 1st. (x/a)

 

[teriyakiburns]

Nigel Farage allegedly getting an "English Bulldog's head" as a tattoo: (x/a)

Going for that EDL vote now?

 

[Chunky Salsa]

You’re my favourite Warrick Davis enjoyer on here

You're my favourite - maybe - negro, right after Idris Elba, and that footballer.

 

[Drama Trauma]

Going for that EDL vote now?

He might unironically become the next Prime Minister of the UK.

 

[FedPostalService]

He might unironically become the next Prime Minister of the UK.

Only if you don’t know how our system works. He’ll still get less seats than the Lib Dems next election and will achieve nothing except get Labour elected again.

In the meantime he’ll keep pulling a funny face with a pint in his hand and retards will lap it up.

 

[A-Logato]

Only if you don’t know how our system works. He’ll still get less seats than the Lib Dems next election and will achieve nothing except get Labour elected again.

In the meantime he’ll keep pulling a funny face with a pint in his hand and retards will lap it up.

There's always a none 0% chance with Nigel that at the last minute he'll pull out people in key seats to allow the Torries to gain more of the vote share. It's happened before and it wouldn't shock me if it happens again.

 

[Snekposter]

and that footballer

Nobody is quite like that fine Ngumi bloke, just as long as he keeps scoring goals that is.

 

[Brumbletroons]

TLDR: Writing lots is easy to me. Some appreciate it, others don't. I tend to write a lot I think because it's easier to argue pessimism in current circumstances, whereas optimism requires some justification. I'll try to keep things tight and tidy from now on, or hide the more egregiously long examples behind a spoiler.

Would've thought a bong would understand that brevity is the soul of wit. At least properly format your diatribes into paragraphs and break it up into relevant portions so I don't have to slog through your meandering posts to get at what you're trying to regurgitate onto my screen.

 

[-Jack-]

Why are managers or higher ups so slimey? I respect and appreciate transparency and honesty- If you have an issue or problem with a piece of work I did, tell me. Don't be passive aggressive and tell the whole office. I wanna pull the "you're being homophobic" card, but I don't wanna be a faggot...yet.

 

[BrightonAndHoveAlbion]

Why are managers or higher ups so slimey?

I have never worked in an office in my life however I have been led to believe all office workers are faggots anyway, especially so called 'managers'. Get a real job outdoors or at least not in an office and you'll get shouted at/called a faggot to your own face instead.

 

[-Jack-]

@Bog-standard Poster eat my ass you Russian cuck

@BrightonAndHoveAlbion I understand, however with the cost of living crisis I can't exactly be picky with jobs.. innit? I'm a working class white man, plus faggot-so I have all odds against me.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

"you're being homophobic" card, but I don't wanna be a faggot...yet.

Sorry man, sounds like you got what you deserve.

But no for real, a lot of middle management people are snide faggots, who won't tell you things bluntly and promptly. Dunno why they get attracted to those sorts of positions so much.

 

[>IMPLYING]

Why are managers or higher ups so slimey? I respect and appreciate transparency and honesty- If you have an issue or problem with a piece of work I did, tell me. Don't be passive aggressive and tell the whole office. I wanna pull the "you're being homophobic" card, but I don't wanna be a faggot...yet.

Did they bring up your name in front of everyone? I imagine direct confrontation is discouraged because it might be construed as 'bullying', which a hypersensitive worker might see it as and raise as an issue to somebody. Addressing the entire office that someone is doing something wrong avoids that confrontation, and the person who's aware they're the issue will know they're the actual 'someone' who's being talked about.

 

[Kier Starmer]

So I am guessing the rumors of internal revolt within Labour were greatly exaggerated.

With UK Politics, especially with a Labour government, it happens in 2 stages: cabinet wars and back-bencher consensus.

May 1st will be the match, and the current politics will be a catalyst.

The current cabinet in political history is the most inexperienced ever, but also the most chaotic. They all despise each other and are vying for power, but have no experience. Wes Streeting is actually prepping himself to be PM, which is fucking insane.

Also, in a recent poll, Labour scored -52; most political parties globally don't even get to that level.

There are also up to 200 Labour MPs who feel duped by the party they were in.

I think if it happens, a general election will be called. Labour backbenchers don't even support their party, which is pretty wild.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

@Bog-standard Poster eat my ass you Russian cuck

???

 

[bluegenius8585]

Going for that EDL vote now?

He needs a tat that has "Respect Are Culture" for that voter block

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

There's always a none 0% chance with Nigel that at the last minute he'll pull out people in key seats to allow the Torries to gain more of the vote share. It's happened before and it wouldn't shock me if it happens again.

It depends on the state of play when the election actually hits. Contra Sargon et al, Farage doesn't have zero political acumen- he stood down the Brexit party because they were polling behind the Tories and would only hand Labour a victory by splitting the right. Contrast that with 2024, when he and Reform went in against the dismal Sunak. Badenoch has yet to produce any kind of right-wing renaissance with the Tories (blown credibility has that problem) leaving Farage and Reform as the inheritors by default. They're just too strong now to ultimately have to stand down come election time, unless it's as a proactive strategy in concert with the Tories to set up a ConForm government (think of the strategic withdrawls in the French parliamentary elections last year.)

 

[>IMPLYING]

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Police have been told to use facial recognition searches in every criminal investigation, The Telegraph can reveal.
The independent police inspectorate has urged forces to “fully exploit” the technology after finding that some were using it more than others.
It comes as a Telegraph investigation reveals the true scale of police use of facial recognition, with forces conducting searches on the public every two minutes.
Officers are encouraged to obtain pictures of their targets – including witnesses and victims – from social media, doorbell footage and CCTV, and search them against the vast police national database (PND).

Police could be able to check driving licence photographs in future under plans to give police access to DVLA information, although the Home Office says it is not changing the law for that purpose.
Facial recognition technology is not subject to national guidance from either the Home Office or the College of Policing, which provides advice to police on conducting investigations.
The technology, introduced to catch serious and violent offenders, is now most often used for low-level investigations.

Privacy concerns​

The unprecedented use of facial recognition will be welcomed by some as a way of reducing time-consuming investigations, but privacy concerns have prompted MPs, regulators and civil liberties campaigners to urge the Government to impose new rules regulating its use by police.
The Telegraph found that one force, Essex Police, used the technology for 16 investigations into what was later determined “non-crime”.
The force said it had used facial recognition for investigations that concluded that no crime had been committed.
Essex Police was criticised last year over its investigation into Allison Pearson, a Telegraph columnist, for remarks she posted online. The investigation was later dropped.
Last year officers ran more than a quarter of a million “retrospective” facial recognition searches in the UK, including 30,000 by the Metropolitan Police alone – more than ten times the Met’s figure for 2019.

Good thing this was uploaded on April Fools, I almost believed it, haha.

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Civil servants are being offered up to £95,000 to quit their jobs in a redundancy push that echoes Elon Musk’s government efficiency drive in America.
So-called “voluntary exit schemes” have been set up across Whitehall, with the Treasury giving an additional £150 million in funding last week to speed up the process.
The Cabinet Office, Environment Department and Foreign Office have already created schemes, with the Health Department and Communities Department expected to do so soon.
Those designing the programmes hope hundreds of officials in each participating department will opt in to voluntary redundancy, potentially adding up to thousands of departures in total.


It is part of a wider government cost-saving push from Labour to save £2 billion by 2030 – a target now factored into public finance forecasts after Sir Keir Starmer announced a crackdown on Whitehall waste.
Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said of the extra Treasury money: “We have been clear that to deliver our Plan for Change we need a more productive and agile state, which can rise to the challenges we face.
“This fund will enable us to build a Civil Service workforce fit for the future as we streamline costs and ensure every pound of taxpayer money is focused on delivering for working people.”