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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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spread happiness@p4leandp1nk
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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.

 

[Swerf'n'Terf]

I fucking hate Sweatys.mp4

Does her accent sound weird to anyone? You'll never guess why....

0:19

 

[diroama]

Does her accent sound weird to anyone? You'll never guess why....
BPP.mp4

SNP voters are such fucking mugs.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Does her accent sound weird to anyone? You'll never guess why....
BPP.mp4

She was educated in LANDAN, at the LSE, so she's picked up a generic south-eastern accent with a bit of estuary.

 

[KeeKeeCooch]

Does her accent sound weird to anyone? You'll never guess why....
BPP.mp4

Her eyebrows look like complete fucking shit, One's waving and one's tucked in. Dirty, greasy hair, untouched roots- I imagine "all for the sake of Palestine" Scottish nigger.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Her eyebrows look like complete fucking shit, One's waving and one's tucked in. Dirty, greasy hair, untouched roots- I imagine "all for the sake of Palestine" Scottish nigger.

Wouldn't surprise me if she's converted and just hasn't got around to covering up yet.

 

[AssignedEva]

Sinn Fein have the right idea. They get elected, but refuse to sit rather than take the oath. She's just a performative coward.

Sinn Fein have a consistent point. The Union of the Crowns was James VI of Scotland ascending to the English throne as James I. They were the leading force that colonised Ireland and violently suppressed Irish rebellions. The Acts of Union were first passed by The Parliament of Scotland after they nearly bankrupted themselves with the Darien scheme trying to further copy England's colonial ventures. They then had various attempts to impact the throne of Great Britain due to spats between Covenanters (Presbyterians who hated Catholics) vs Jacobites (Episcopalians who mostly hated Catholics, but thought the Catholic branch of the Stuarts would be nicer to Episcopalians than Presbyterians).

Scotland was never colonised by the English, and Scots were disproportionately overrepresented in pretty much every branch of the British colonial apparatus. Most Scots embraced a British national identity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and it was only really after Irish home rule started being a big issue did some chancers think to piggy-back off the Irish, and it was still pretty much a fringe issue up till about the 1970s - when they started thinking "hey we could leave the union we created and keep all the North Sea Oil for ourselves".

Trying to make out that the sovereign people of Scotland are being oppressed is a stretch. Especially when the Barnett formula - which was only supposed to be a temporary measure in the late 70s - means they keep getting more money to spend per head (about 20% higher) any time England makes a change, Scottish MPs can vote to block matters that only impact England but not-vice-versa and of course: they already had an independence referendum in 2014 and voted to stay.

 

[<3 norafawn]

WTF is a "scran" and why is it all over my world cup feed you faggots?

 

[Slimy Time]

WTF is a "scran" and why is it all over my world cup feed you faggots?

Scran = food if you are Scouse guttersnipe.

 

[Goodbye Horses]

WTF is a "scran" and why is it all over my world cup feed you faggots?

Haggis-nigger ebonics. It means "food", I believe.

 

[BongoMongo]

They can put their haggis nigger patois all over the internet, it doesn't make them any more of a real country.

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

Body of a 14 year old girl found in Duffryn Park area of Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, at about 22:10 BST on Monday. A 'teen boy' is under arrest (X)

WTF is a "scran" and why is it all over my world cup feed you faggots?

Scran has been used by Geordies since they crawled out of the primordial ooze of the Tyne. The north uses it for 'food' and now its spread everywhere

 

[SchizoDaemon]

WTF is a "scran" and why is it all over my world cup feed you faggots?

NORF FC et al. say it to mean food. They also say "bam" instead of a "roll".

 

[teriyakiburns]

I've never used scran in my life. It's definitely a far north/north-east thing. My gran up in northumberland always complained about people using it. Very definition of moving to a place and then being upset that everything is different from what you had at home, that woman.

NORF FC et al. say it to mean food. They also say "bam" instead of a "roll".

SHUT

Time to get the blood boiling again.

Police took eight minutes to find Henry Nowak's fatal stab wound (live)

First locations for grooming gang inquiry announced (live) - Bradford, Oldham, and Keighley.

 

[the rat]

north-east

Liverpool is north west, chum.

First locations for grooming gang inquiry announced (live) - Bradford, Oldham, and Keighley.

What do you reckon they'll write down? "I can't believe British men would do this?" or "Now there were some mishaps however they tried their very hardest to do the right thing and frankly isn't it the thought that counts?"

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

What do you reckon they'll write down? "I can't believe British men would do this?" or "Now there were some mishaps however they tried their very hardest to do the right thing and frankly isn't it the thought that counts?"

The preview is in the article

Baroness Longfield said she hoped the inquiry would mean "no further inquiries into grooming gangs will ever be needed".

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

Police took eight minutes to find Henry Nowak's fatal stab wound (live)

Transcript via PoliticsUK (X)

MALE POLICE OFFICER: I’m not sure he’s breathing.

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER: (Checks for pulse in neck)

MALE OFFICER: He's not breathing.

FEMALE OFFICER: Right let's get the handcuffs off.

MALE OFFICER: Let them know he's not breathing.

FEMALE OFFICER: Yeah. (Talks on police radio). From 4-8 we don’t think he’s breathing. Could we get another unit here please? Got no pulse.

MALE POLICE OFFICER: (Unlocks handcuffs). Medic or anything. ARV.

FEMALE OFFICER: (Talks on police radio). ARV towards [us] if we’ve got them with a defib.

MALE OFFICER: (Removes handcuffs)

MALE OFFICER: He’s not unconscious mate, he’s not breathing. (Continues chest compressions). Come on mate. That’s it, that’s it. Keep breathing. Come on. (Pauses briefly). No.

FEMALE OFFICER: No? Keep going.

MALE OFFICER: Come on mate. Stay with us.

FEMALE OFFICER: Yeah, that's it mate, come on.

MALE OFFICER: That’s it. Come on, take a breath. (Continues chest compressions). That’s it bro, I got you. Come on.

FEMALE OFFICER: (Talks on radio). Go ahead? Thank you. Do you wanna swap?

MALE OFFICER: No, I’m alright.

FEMALE OFFICER: Sure?

MALE OFFICER: Come on mate. Come on. That’s it. That’s it.

FEMALE OFFICER: Have you, can you put a torch … I just wanna make sure that he hasn’t been stabbed. Are you alright to hold it? Thank you.

FEMALE OFFICER 2: (Walks into view). Do you want me to do it? Here you are.

FEMALE OFFICER: Cheers mate. (Passes torch to female police officer). Right, they’re gonna want him down to skin level for defib.

FEMALE OFFICER 2: I’ve got some … oh SCAS are here.

FEMALE OFFICER: Have you got scissors? Grab some scissors.

MALE OFFICER: (Continues chest compressions). Come on mate. (Whispers). He’s fucking gone. He’s got blood coming out his nose. (Talks quietly). He’s fucking gone.

FEMALE OFFICER: Right, if you stretch that clothing for me. Stretch it out. Perfect. (Unseen gesture/cutting of clothing). There's a lot of blood.

MALE OFFICER: Has he been stabbed there?

FEMALE OFFICER: Yeah, he's got a stab... there's a mark there.

MALE OFFICER: That makes it worse. He's got a stab... I'm pushing on a fucking stab wound. (Sound of clothing being ripped)

FEMALE OFFICER: That's okay. It's fine. It's not... it's not coming out. It's fine. Keep going. Keep going. It's not bleeding out.

MALE OFFICER: (Continues chest compressions)

At this point, a paramedic arrives and takes over. The transcript ends at 23:46. Nowak was pronounced dead at the scene at 00:37

don't think you have, mate. come on mate.

 

[BongoMongo]

The officers constant and inappropriate use of the word mate is telling. These people aren't your mate. If you're white and stabbed and the dirty paki who stabbed you accuses you of racism,you can go to hell and they will side with your attacker.

 

[Clem Fandango]

don't think you have, mate. come on mate.

We need to #haveaword with the police in this country.

 

[BongoMongo]

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We need to #haveaword with the police in this country.

When you say have a word,do you mean anything which might involve liberal use of trebuchets?

 

[KeeKeeCooch]

How do people deal with their partners having the complete opposite political views? Do you have a cuck chair for when they will vote for the green party?