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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.

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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They love diversity and are trying to avoid the US.

They're gonna give this to HCLtech or Cognizent or IBM or one of the other Jeet scammers that will take their money and give them nothing.
They aren't mutually exclusive. It is just another waste of cash in any event.
Last episode of the soap opera I saw, there's no qualified British entity so Ellison and Palantir were competing to become Big Brother, and the decision had come down to a fight over which of the two is less associated with Trump/Vance.
When I say, "You need to look at who they are hiring." I specifically mean you find out who the work is outsourced to; e.g., say it's Cognizent, you would look at their SC-cleared roles and then filter to the locations. That will normally give you a clue as to what they are building.
 
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Ignorance truly was bliss
Yeah. The area of the UK I frequent has been 99% white for my entire life, so as I learned about the total replacement happening in the Midlands and elsewhere, I was always grateful it didn’t affect my little corner. Well, apart from all the vape shops and gas stations and kebab places, but that’s everywhere right?

But this year it’s started to happen - just last week I went for my dental checkup and unusually, there’s a queue out of the door. When I get to the counter I have to fill out a form re-confirming all sorts of stuff. Why, is it to bump me off the NHS list finally, who knows. The people in the queue around me have to do the same process and look bemused.
The checkups have gone from 6 monthly to 12 monthly. Oh I say, resources are stretched I suppose. The receptionist nods.

I go to take a seat as usual in the waiting room. But it’s full! Never before seen that, why would it be full when people have an appointed time. The room appears to be full of dark skinned children in matching tops. I count 5 or 6, and two large buggies, and their parents, plus a white lady who is speaking to them very slowly. She is their council case worker, from the “relocation team”.

They are at the front of the queue. I ponder that my taxes are paying for these foreigners to bring up their children, in high standard housing, schooling and NHS care. I don’t think the parents have any sort of job, they don’t speak English. I want to ask where they are from and why they are here, but I don’t.

I am at the back of the queue. The other local clientele hover around the counter. Glances are exchanged. Nobody says anything.
 
It will go absolutely nowhere; in fact, it will make officers worse. These programs are sold by scammers, mostly if not all jeets, and they never fucking learn. I went over the processing power the other day. There is also the technical aspect; the police do not have this either.

This announcement is purely the blob screeching at the populace, "DON'T DO THAT AI WILL GET YOU!" AI has a hallucination rate of about 95%. Ah, yes, more free hours doing what? Patrolling and getting injured in riots means more sick time. Rinse, repeat. It's almost like they're trying to ignore the problem.

I will say the reaction from other media sources has been interesting, not much of "we find it abhorrent." The alternative media seems to understand what has to happen to bring about change.

@Oxyjen My town is in the same problem as yours, and the reaction from women, especially, is damning. The people not happy amongst all classes are really pronounced. My local coffee shop pulled their kids out of education and homeschools them because they don't want them being taught shit. They also don't think their kids are safe either. I can totally understand. They told me outright that they were Restore supporters, too.
 
They also don't think their kids are safe
A close family member recently told me he genuinely worries he's going to have to walk his little girl to & from school well into her teens (if not until she's graduated!) out of fear of what the recent imports might try. Just driving to and from his block of flats you could see them, huddled on the side of the road in their tracksuits, leering. And of course you know they'll leave drinks cans and disposable vapes and God knows what else thrown on the ground when they prowl off. I hate them. I feel like fucking A.M. when I'm reminded of the state we're in.
 
A close family member recently told me he genuinely worries he's going to have to walk his little girl to & from school well into her teens (if not until she's graduated!) out of fear of what the recent imports might try. Just driving to and from his block of flats you could see them, huddled on the side of the road in their tracksuits, leering. And of course you know they'll leave drinks cans and disposable vapes and God knows what else thrown on the ground when they prowl off. I hate them. I feel like fucking A.M. when I'm reminded of the state we're in.

We're in this state because a sizeable chunk of the population has been able to swerve seeing the problem for far too long.

They've had the option of moving away so have been able to hand wave away complaints as "racism". However boat scum are going to be placed everywhere in this country. Nowhere will be safe.

Perhaps now people can't get away from them, they'll start getting to grips with just why it's a problem,and will join the rest of us in being supremely pissed off over this.

Some of us have been speaking up on this for *years*, only to have our concerns dismissed.
 
Whatever happened to Brother and Singer? Those machines used to be almost bomb proof, but now they’re supposedly as fucking useless as all the rest? Enormous shame.
Singer got bought by that Chinese company I mentioned, some kind of tax dodge.
Brother are OK still, but nothing like they were.
An old singer will do you another hundred years.
The bombproof design was open licensed worldwide. Up to 1980 at least are still solid. Key indicator is metal gearing inside. Metal body is better and a winner for thicker materials but has less options.
Yeah, old metal body ones are the best, and if anyone’s got boomer mums now’s the time to label that machines as yours so they don’t get rid of it! Pre 1980 machines, pretty much all brands, are what you’re after if you’re buying second hand. Take it to a repair place you trust (David Drummond in Edinburgh still reputable but anywhere local will be alright.)
6 million hours a year? lol no.
you want to know what they are doing with it, you need to find out who has the contracts for this stuff and see who they are hiring.
Correct answer - the tendering websites are there and they show you exactly what’s going on, just like Covid
 
The Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned, almost certainly because No. 10 has fucked up the Defence Review.

UPDATE: Guido reporting on X that No. 10 is briefing against Reeves over Healey's resignation.
Worth posting his resignation letter here. Emphasis is mine
Dear Keir,

This is a letter I never expected to write, and I do so now with great regret and reluctance.

I am proud of what we have done in less than two years as a Labour Government. We've stepped up to lead internationally for Ukraine with the Coalition of the Willing and Ukraine Defence Contact Group, established Britain as a leading voice for Europe in NATO, raised defence investment to 2.5% of GDP three years earlier than anyone expected, launched the deepest defence reforms in 50 years, won the biggest UK defence export deals for decades, published a first-of-its-kind Strategic Defence Review, gave our Armed Forces the biggest pay rise in nearly 20 years, boosted military morale, fixed over 1,200 of the worst forces family homes, reset relations with European allies and signed major defence agreements with Germany, Norway and France.

You have led this as PM, earning wide respect at home and abroad. Like me, I know you are exceptionally proud of our Forces and all of those who work in UK Defence.

We came into government, recognising Britain faced a new era of threat which demanded a new era for defence. The SDR (Strategic Defence Review) we jointly commissioned set the 10-year vision to transform our Armed Forces, strengthen alliances, invest in the technology that is changing warfare and back British industry to make defence an engine for growth.

This new era for defence required further investment through the Defence Investment Plan (DIP). The excellent and extensive cross-government work that completed in January-overseen by you, me and the Chancellor - confirmed the scale of the challenge and the rising demands on defence.

Since then, you have been unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling, to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats.

Since then, the demands on defence have increased still further, as have the UK commitments you have rightly made to allies. Conflict in the Middle East, with the UK now leading the multinational Strait of Hormuz military mission; High North security, with the UK now leading NATO's Arctic Sentry mission; increased Russian activity towards the UK and NATO nations and increased attacks in Ukraine, with the Paris Agreement confirming a British deployment to Ukraine after a ceasefire.

We have worked to secure a Defence Investment Plan that does two things. First, deal with the increasing operational demands on defence now and step up the SDR actions to meet the increasing threat. Second, set a clear path to meet the new NATO commitment you agreed to spend 3.5% of GDP in 2035 through the next Spending Review.

As we have regularly discussed, I am certain that a headmark date for 3% of GDP on defence in 2030 is what Britain must set. This commitment would have strong cross-party support. Other European allies are stepping up in this way.

I know how hard you have worked to get to this point. And in funding the DIP, I fully recognise the strain this places on colleagues in other Departments, both now as you have required spending switched into defence and in the future. I am very grateful to those colleagues who have supported this, and I appreciate how difficult their choices will have been.

As I've outlined to you, there are credible ways of meeting the mid-term funding challenges, working multi-nationally and as other European nations are doing, to allow us to protect our ability to deliver the missions of our Labour Government.

However, your DIP financial settlement - which I was first given in full on Monday afternoon this week-falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time. The extra support is backloaded when the pressure of operations and imperative to speed up readiness to fight is in the first two years and it rises to just 2.68% of GDP in 2030, when we will reach 2.6% next year with the investment we are already making.

You spelled out the threats last week: "it is our intelligence assessment, and the assessment of other countries in NATO, that there could be an attack by Russia on NATO as soon as 2030."

You know what defence needs. You made the argument for this powerfully in your speech at the Munich Security Conference back in February. Without a DIP that meets the moment in this way, I am being forced to make decisions that would reduce the readiness of our Forces and increase the risk to personnel on operations, and could make the country less safe.

After explaining to you that I would not be able to accept a DIP settlement that does not give our Forces the resources they need, I am now left with no other option than to submit my resignation as your Defence Secretary.

I wish you all continuing strength in the exceptional challenges you face as Prime Minister.

As always, our Labour Government will continue to have my fullest support.

Rt Hon John Healey MP

Green's want to ban circumcision (without a medical reason X). I'm all for it, it's barbaric. I don't like that it's been pitched by the same party that thinks banning kosher and halal slaughter is a violation of religious rights, given that circumcision is very Jewish. If we ban one, we ban them all and we crack down on FGM and tranny surgeries too. Emphasis mine
The Green party is considering a new policy to ban circumcision, The Spectator can reveal. The party’s Health Policy Working Group (HPWG) has launched a consultation seeking views on whether parents should only be allowed to consent ‘to an irreversible surgical procedure on a child if that procedure is medically necessary’. The HPWG is also requesting opinions on whether ‘non-therapeutic male circumcision should only be performed on children who are old enough to make an informed choice’.

The policy proposal, launched ahead of the Greens’ Autumn Conference, is likely to provoke significant division within Zack Polanski’s party. Circumcision is an integral part of Judaism, with Jewish boys traditionally undergoing a ‘brit milah’ on the eighth day after birth. It is also a common procedure in the Muslim faith. Russell Langer, Director of Public Affairs at the Jewish Leadership Council, said: ‘Circumcision is a vital part of Jewish life and an essential link to our religion and heritage. This is also a practice shared with many of the Muslim faith. Any suggestion of a ban on circumcision will have a significant impact on our communities and the future of the UK as a tolerant society which respects freedom of religion and belief.’

Interestingly, the consultation on outlawing the practice was publicised specifically in a ‘Greens for Palestine’ WhatsApp group. A message posted on behalf of HPWG Consultation Officer, Conall Monaghan, said: ‘The Health Policy Working Group has a mandate to replace the entire health chapter of policies for a sustainable society with a new health policy focused on health equity and addressing the wider things that impact health, as well as the NHS. One of the central challenges we faced at conference last year was around this subject, so helping us to respond to this survey will be a huge help in ensuring the Green Party has an updated Health Policy from this Autumn.’

As with the party’s ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, which also happens to be making a conference comeback, debates over banning circumcision will expose deep divisions within the party. At the Green conference last year, a planned fringe event on ‘medically unnecessary penile circumcision in children’ was cancelled. The Jewish Greens warned of a ‘lack of understanding’ about the practice. Responding to this year’s health consultation, the official Green Party Women group decried the proposal as ‘controversial and goes completely against stated need for cultural sensitivities’.

A Green party spokesperson said: ‘Our Policy Working Groups are made up of members who work autonomously on policy exploration and formation projects. This is not party policy. The only way for anything to become party policy is through a vote at conference.’


Of course, this is just one issue among a myriad of radical or controversial proposals likely to feature at conference. While the party is enjoying a boost in the polls, managing its members’ expectations, and balancing them with those of the public, will prove no easy task.

Kunt Kween Kemi being funny on twitter again
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The Home Office has removed all asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel; Epping Council did not know this was going to happen. (post, X) This is fucking fascinating, is this due to the rumours of more protests this weekend alongside the NI response??
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Wheelie bin nationalism is in full force. We can't get this in Birmingham because our fucking bins still aren't being collected.
 
Are the greens trying to alienate the mudslimes or something? I mean fair play of so but it's a bit late to be growing balls. Fatwa on Polanski when?
The local elections made it abundantly clear that muslims don't need political alliances of convenience with liberal parties anymore. They're a sectarian voting bloc with enough political capital to go it alone. They'll be ~20% of the population by the mid-point of the century, and a majority by the end of it. All they have to do is sit back, vote for their local Muslim Independent (or equivalent) candidate, and let all the major parties pander to them. From the Greens to Reform, they all want their vote and will have to kiss their feet and capitulate to have any hope of winning them.

This circumcision policy is probably a shortsighted policy by Dr Boobie Enlarger Esq, who didn't realise that muslims also circumcise kids.
 
A lesson from the Ulstermen, rioting gets you what you want.
Glad to have been fully all in on the 'it's fucking happening' side ever since reading the word 'Belfast'.
Russell T Davies needs to die of AIDS. Absolutely insufferable piece of shit of a man.
I am fucking terrible at remembering names or faces of any of these people. If I don't know them irl it's meaningless to me. But I read that and thought has the midget hate spread before realising that's a different Davis. Then went ohhh yea no I don't like that guy either he's a bit of retarded nutjob that gives me sex pest vibes before realising that's a different fucking Russell. I think the midget should start denying the holocaust and whip his cock out in front of little boys. Make for one hell of a Dr Who episode though that would.
Allegedly stable in hospital but not out of the weeds.
'Stable' is one of those weasel words that gets pushed around a lot. He is 'stable' because he has been put in a medically induced coma to stop him fucking dying. He's not stable and giving a thumbs up and a smile for the camera he's heavily injured and probably on the verge of death but stable enough to not fall off that cliff. Obviously it has meaning especially to people who have medical experience, but for the vast majority of the people 'stable' is a meaningless word. He is stable in critical condition.
The UK is not poised to have any major ai anything. This will at best result in a few billion tax pounds(?) credits(?) currencies(?idk) wasted and at worst the same thing but now all the data gets sent off to india for analysis. We have no electronic manufacturing capabilities, the only people that do are not exactly friendly with us. And that combined with the net zero goals and energy prices it won't happen. Though the police have already been using ai powered facial recognition software and allegedly using some generic ai to find threats, if you believe the whole no israeli football fans in brum excuse. Well, we do have a semiconductor fab but it's not going to be making chips to power a British great firewall, unless it's the Belfast type.
If that guy's 18 I'm off to go find a big breasted woman and a pack of nappies because apparently I'm fucking 2.
The Home Office has removed all asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel; Epping Council did not know this was going to happen. (post, X) This is fucking fascinating, is this due to the rumours of more protests this weekend alongside the NI response??
Yes because squirrelling them away into hmos will fix everything. How many videos of the Irish burning down hmos have we seen just completely unrelated?
 
Belfast attack triggers major new illegal migration crackdown in Northern Ireland as arrests skyrocket (X). A lesson from the Ulstermen, rioting gets you what you want.
Cool, except he wasn't there illegally. He applied for asylum and was granted leave to remain, at that point he became a legal migrant. Talking about illegal immigration crackdowns is misdirection, the crackdowns need to be on legal migration and especially asylum.

There are no legitimate refugees in Ireland and the UK, we're islands on the far edge of Western Europe and only have land borders with each other. Anyone who washes up on our shores and tries to claim asylum passed dozens of safe countries to get here and is lying about fleeing for their lives by definition.
 
More resignations at the Ministry of Defence.
'Labour government'
'which we all worked so hard to get elected'
??????

Has he been fucking experimented on? Is this the new super weapon? America had mkultra and we've got mukltra? Direct energy beam capable of causing complete memory loss and severe retardation? Not sure how it's going to help with the current threats, think they're born with that already.
 
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