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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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#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.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

Orange Man says Queer Starmer is bailing out

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Orange Man says Queer Starmer is bailing out

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"I wish him well" is Trump's way of saying "I hope he takes a long walk off a short pier."

 

[EddyRooney]

Fuck London, and it's economy.

Don't have a mortgage ? A loan ? A pension ? Investments ?
How about anybody you care about ?
Saying something as emotional as you did really betrays a lack of understanding of how things work.

Do I like the wonderfully diverse population of London ? No. I don't like the mayor, nor a lot of things about the city.
But calling for the economy of London to be hurt, hurts everyone and is stupid.
Whether you like it or not, a country has to have a capital and a financial capital. Damaging that damages us all.

Now if we were talking about what Thatcher did to the industrial North and in by weakening that vis-à-vis London, I would have much more sympathy.
But the solution isn't to drag all places down to the same level ( that's socialist, so I wonder which way Burnham is going to go ? ) - but surely to raise the North up by encouraging investment.

 

[AssignedEva]

damaging London's economy

wtf I love Andrew Burnham?

to funnel money to the North

he can funnel the money into a furnace and it’ll be well spent

Fuck London, and it's economy.

"Let's fuck over the country because it means people I dislike will suffer" is retard MAGA logic.

 

[Betonhaus]

"Let's fuck over the country because it means people I dislike will suffer" is retard MAGA logic.

Sometimes people just need a push to better their lives.

 

[KeeKeeCooch]

Sometimes people just need a push to better their lives.

Push over the white Dover cliffs, yeah. Is it racist to say white Dover cliffs now?

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Whether you like it or not, a country has to have a capital and a financial capital. Damaging that damages us all.

While that is true, the feeling comes about because a lot of the country outside of the South / South-East feels ignored and disconnected.

When I drive across country to visit family, there is a literal line you go past on the A34 when going south, and you realise this area of the country has like 4x the money of the rest of it.

"Let's fuck over the country because it means people I dislike will suffer" is retard MAGA logic.

It is also the logic behind why a lot of people voted Leave and why a lot of people will vote for Reform and Restore.
Don't underestimate the power of spite.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

"Let's fuck over the country because it means people I dislike will suffer" is retard MAGA logic.

Voting for political parties that will fuck over the rest of the country so that London can continue to profit is no different.

 

[EddyRooney]

Voting for political parties that will fuck over the rest of the country so that London can continue to profit is no different.

No. It's no better.
One is voting out of jealousy and spite
The other is voting out of self interest.

I don't agree with either of them, as I outlined above.
As a Southener, I can remember my Dad being very upset and explaining to me as a child that by closing down the indutries in the North Thatcher was putting thousands of men out of work and it would be devestating for them and their families in the short term and for the country as a whole in the long term.
A lot of people are selfish and have a lack of foresight - they can't understand that what happens in another area will eventually impact them to a greater or lesser degree.

 

[AssignedEva]

It is also the logic behind why a lot of people voted Leave and why a lot of people will vote for Reform and Restore.
Don't underestimate the power of spite.

I don't dispute that spite is a powerful motivator. I merely dispute that it's a good idea. Like I said, voting to "own the libs" - or in this particular case, "support the libs but fuck London", which is the closest thing to a policy base Andy has - is retard MAGA logic. Retard MAGA logic can be successful in politics, it's just also not a good thing.

Voting for political parties that will fuck over the rest of the country so that London can continue to profit is no different.

Oh ok, it's a zero sum game then? I guess I'll just start voting to benefit London and fuck over whatever hole you're from.

 

[SchizoDaemon]

I don't dispute that spite is a powerful motivator. I merely dispute that it's a good idea. Like I said, voting to "own the libs" - or in this particular case, "support the libs but fuck London", which is the closest thing to a policy base Andy has - is retard MAGA logic. Retard MAGA logic can be successful in politics, it's just also not a good thing.

I am not disagreeing. I am just saying that whether we think it is a good idea or not, there's going to be a significant portion of people that will do that.

 

[KeeKeeCooch]

I'm sure London can survive without having billions on money invested through illegal channels for once. The establishment has pretty much made London the control point of the UK. While the rest of the country falls to shit. Don't they say that if London was taken out of the picture, most of England would be below most US states? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

I beg your pardon?

Stand up to Racism lol. 'Stand up for rapists' is what they do when they come and screech about how much they lurvvvv boat people

Christian preacher and cameraman allegedly attacked at Speakers Corner. One arrested. Video contains body and blood (X)

 

[Gregis]

Don't they say that if London was taken out of the picture, most of England would be below most US states? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm pretty sure that, depending on the measure, it is totally unnecessary to remove London from the reckoning for England to come out below all US states. Anyway I was joking, probably.

 

[The Gene Genie]

So what would a potential Burnham regime look like? Even more green lunacy? U-turning on Israel? OFCOM sending more ineffectual letters to Josh?

Exactly the same as Starmer. We will be in the exact same situation, perhaps with Streeting finally finding his balls, before the end of next year.

 

[Sir Baz the Intolerant]

"I wish him well" is Trump's way of saying "I hope he takes a long walk off a short pier."

It's the go to phrase upper-class, WASP Americans use to acknowledge someone's misfortune while simultaneously signalling that they could not give less of a fuck about it.

Case in point:

 

[KeeKeeCooch]

I'm pretty sure that, depending on the measure, it is totally unnecessary to remove London from the reckoning for England to come out below all US states. Anyway I was joking, probably.

London is life, London is us, diversity is our strength, my best mates, wife's best mate is a muslim and they're amazing! They might disagree with the rape gang inquiry and think all white girls are whores, but besides that they're fine and if you say they're not you're racist because I've lived in London all my life and all my family are from here!

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Oh ok, it's a zero sum game then? I guess I'll just start voting to benefit London and fuck over whatever hole you're from.

I've noticed whenever you think someone is from outside of London/the South the spiteful side of you shows. You like terms like "hole" or the like to refer to those regions, much like every individual that basically thinks those regions have it coming after being all but strip mined for everything of worth then cast aside after their resources were devoured in the industrial era and their populace devastated during the wars.

That you lash out like that when I pointed out that voting to fuck over London for the benefit of the wider country is no different from voting to fuck over the wider country for the benefit of London makes it clear where your priorities lie. That you did so after you voiced objection to those areas voting in their self interest shows you already were voting that way so claiming you're going to start that is a lie.

Personally I vote for what I think is best for the country. I'll continue do so. Meanwhile you can sit in London and insult the "holes" that make up everywhere else.

I don't agree with either of them, as I outlined above.
As a Southener, I can remember my Dad being very upset and explaining to me as a child that by closing down the indutries in the North Thatcher was putting thousands of men out of work and it would be devestating for them and their families in the short term and for the country as a whole in the long term.
A lot of people are selfish and have a lack of foresight - they can't understand that what happens in another area will eventually impact them to a greater or lesser degree.

Completely true. But your own posts tend not to go on to denigrate those "holes" outside of London that should shut up, vote for whatever champagne socialist policies currently are in vogue and lie back and take their already terrible situations getting worse.

If I thought Burnham was actually going to fuck over London, a Labour stronghold now, to benefit Northern England I'd be disgusted. He won't. The closest he might get is to try to hammer home Sadiq's policies in Manchester which will have minimal impact on London and destroy small businesses in the North around that area. London will suffer not a whit.

 

[ApeBass]

I don't agree with either of them, as I outlined above.
As a Southener, I can remember my Dad being very upset and explaining to me as a child that by closing down the indutries in the North Thatcher was putting thousands of men out of work and it would be devestating for them and their families in the short term and for the country as a whole in the long term.

Industries in the South also suffered during this period. Since losing the ship-building, Medway is now an exceptionally deprived area, full of immigrants, mentally ill addicts, and working class Londoners pushed out of their communities by insane house prices and a void of social housing. Kent also had 3 coal mines that were closed in the late 80s. There's still a Kent Mining Festival and Mining Museum in Deal.
It frustrates me that some people can't recognise that not everyone in the South is a millionaire member of the laptop class. Places in Kent, Essex, Surrey, and London all had their distinct local accents, histories, and communities, until a broken housing market and mass-migration has made it impossible for natives to stay in the same area their ancestors lived in for centuries.

I love my country, all of it, even the cities temporarily lost to globalist elites and browns. Let's not wish ill on our fellow countrymen because of misplaced spite and envy. We're all facing the same existential threat.

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Don't they say that if London was taken out of the picture, most of England would be below most US states? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I heard it would be poorer than Eastern Europe.