UK British News Megathread - aka CWCissey's news thread

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.

 

[AssignedEva]

Got to love the "I support free speech, but don't discuss the state of the country in the thread for discussing current news and politics".

Once again the fatherless, childless foreigner is trying to tell us to shut up and accept more foreigners.

That's pretty rich from the ESL retard who can't parse that "it takes a village" doesn't mean "I literally live in a village" or "Couples are unable to raise children, raising a child literally requires an entire village worth of people". Like I said, I'm more than happy to have a prolonged discussion if you go make a thread in Mass Debates.

 

[AssignedEva]

The rootloss, globalist cosmopolitan living in her non white city, sighing wistfully about her favourite turks, doesn't have a history? Yeah, you don't say lmao. Oh and she hate t'Norf as well, because of course she does. When a brown murders you, it's going to be hilarious.

Yes, you other ESL retard, that was a discussion about how I HAVE my great-great-grandmother's notebooks, and how I CAN visit the place she worked back then, because I'm connected to my history.

 

[femboy fart huffer]

please kindly knock off your "Ee by gum" Northern bullshit

There's a reason a certain swarthy fellow is triangled is all I'll say.

The rootless, globalist cosmopolitan living in her non white city, sighing wistfully about her favourite turks, doesn't have a history? Yeah, you don't say lmao. Oh and she hates t'Norf as well, because of course she does. When a brown murders you, it's going to be hilarious.

My guy yea cool we get it you disagree. Press the fucking ignore button. It's british news not british school girl gossip slapfights. No one cares or wants pages of two people arguing.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Now she's literally using the /pol/ playbook the pakis use lol. Saying ESL at everyone they're losing an argument to.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

The classic example of British racism is something like "I can't stand black people. Oh, not you, Dave, you're one of the good ones, I mean those other black ones." Compare that to American racism like "the only good nigger is a dead nigger" and getting into insane blood quantums like "octaroons".

Yeah, that's what classic British racism is. Not, "no blacks, no dogs, no Irish."
Or do you mean current British racism which is more "gas the kikes" and tends to be carried out by BBC journalists or Green politicians?

If you want to A-Log some more about how someone on the free speech discussion forum didn't agree with your politics, make a thread in Mass Debates and stop derailing this thread.

Goes both ways. You're having the slap fight with them. Any of you could make your little personalised arena and have it out there.

So we have the one of the biggest thunderstorms in recent history over about half the fucking country and not one of you faggots even mentioned it. Biggest weather event of the fucking decade so far and not one of you cunts posted any videos or photos of that shit. No one in this thread is English apparently.

Barely a shower. There's more important news!

I'd have used the Guardian story but Mail has better pictures.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15851397/Residents-left-baffled-cash-strapped-council-painted-School-Clear-sign-outside-homes-despite-no-school-15-years.html

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A council has been criticised after it painted a 'School Keep Clear' sign on a residential street despite there being no school there for 15 years.

Residents were left baffled when the bright yellow markings appeared outside their homes on Greendock Street in Longton, Staffordshire, last week.

The area was once home to Edensor Technology College before it merged with another secondary school two-and-a-half miles away, closing its building in 2011.

Homeowners blasted the bungling council for the 'unbelievable error' and questioned who will be picking up the bill to rectify the mistake.

Locals also pointed out that workmen had painted the 'S' upside down.

They were left furious that Stoke-on-Trent City Council resurfaced a street which 'didn't need doing', while neighbouring roads riddled with potholes were left alone.

Ali Hassan, 72, a former property landlord, who lives feet away from the sign, said residents are now worried they may be given tickets for parking in front of their own houses.

Mr Hassan said: 'There has not been a school here for 15 years - it moved and merged with another academy.

'Surely if they would have looked up and seen my house it would be pretty obvious it's not a school.

'I now want to know how much it is going to cost to fix and who is going to pay for it? Will it be the taxpayer footing the bill for this?

'And also, who at the council was responsible in the first place. How do you make such an error?

'There's probably a guy sitting in an office behind a computer making lots of money and he doesn't have an idea what's going on.'

Mr Hassan was even more confused as he said the building no longer resembles a school.

The building and its football and rugby pitches were demolished and replaced with 193 houses last year.

Mr Hassan added: 'People are worried they might get a parking fine now for parking on their own street. It's truly bizarre.

'Also, they came out and resurfaced a road that didn't even need resurfacing.

'There's loads of potholes on the next street along, but they tarmac over this street and paint a sign for a school that doesn't exist.

'It's crazy and who knows how much it has cost and will now cost to put right.

'What a waste of paint and money.'
'Stoke-on-Trent Council should remove the markings immediately and explain how such an absurd mistake was ever signed off in the first place.'

Others took to social media to express their dismay and also pointed out the S was upside down.

They said: 'Also I know this sounds crazy but the S is upside down!!!'

Another added: 'Didn't the workers doing it question it when they realised there was no school. You'd expect at least one to notice it.'

A third simply put: 'Simply unbelievable' while another added: The stencil painter needs to go back to... School?'

Jane Ashworth, Labour leader at Stoke-on-Trent City Council, has apologised to residents and said the authority would review the issue.

She told the BBC there 'clearly isn't a school' next to the sign and branded the work 'a mess'.

She added: 'I'm annoyed for the residents that live there that have been messed about but embarrassed that we made such a mistake.

'What we will be doing is reviewing how it happened, apologising to the residents, and making it absolutely clear that anybody who parks on what appears to be double yellow line there will not be ticketed.'

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been contacted for comment.

 

[AssignedEva]

Now she's literally using the /pol/ playbook the pakis use lol. Saying ESL at everyone they're losing an argument to.

You don't understand the idiom "it takes a village", so you're either a confidently wrong ESL speaker, or you're severely autistic. One or the other.

Goes both ways. You're having the slap fight with them. Any of you could make your little personalised arena and have it out there.

Fair point, I'll just ignore 'em from now on.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Fair point, I'll just ignore 'em from now on.

I have them every now and again.

Also I forgot to post this one, Kosher Kingdom's Kombusted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqpd9vezrdo

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A blaze tackled by 100 firefighters at a supermarket below a block of flats in north-west London was due to an electrical fault, police have said.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) received the first of 56 calls just after 06:45 BST to a three-storey building on Golders Green Road, in Golders Green, which it said "was producing a significant amount of smoke".

Footage on social media appeared to show smoke billowing from behind Jewish supermarket Kosher Kingdom, where locals said the fire started. There were no injuries.

The cause of the fire is not believed to be suspicious, said assistant commissioner of the LFB Craig Carter.

Stevie, who lives opposite the site of the fire, told BBC London she could smell "really, really intense smoke".

She said: "I couldn't see anything - it was just pure smoke. It's really sad."

Cameron said the view from their window was "like looking at a sheet of paper".

He added: "I genuinely thought I couldn't see anything at all. We shut the window and the smoke dissipated.

"We looked across the road and it was just billowing out of the top of the building. I've never seen anything to that scale."

The Kosher Kingdom describes itself on its website as the "largest kosher supermarket in Europe today" and says the business relaunched in 2009 following a "devastating fire" .

Fifteen fire engines from Willesden, Finchley and West Hampstead tackled the blaze. A nearby rest centre was set up for those affected.

The fire affected a shop and storage area, destroying the ground floor and part of the first floor. A small part of the second floor was also damaged by the fire, LFB said.

A number of road closures were in place, including on Golders Green Road near the junction with Beverley Gardens. Traffic was also disrupted on the A406 North Circular in both directions between Brent Cross and Henlys Corner.

LFB received 56 calls on Wednesday morning
Police assisted the brigade with evacuations.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "We understand the concern and disruption this incident will have caused to the local community and those living and working in the area.

"We would like to reassure residents that there is no indication of any targeted or deliberate act."

If anyone is on social media and can capture the various people calling it a false flag from the political parties I'd consider it a favour.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

I think it was probably just a fire. I have noticed that the rates for doing electrical certs for commercial businesses now are in a race to the bottom. Wouldn't shock (ha) me if they just fucked up, cheaped out and ate shit as a result.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

No mention of immigration at all, even though the rate is 1 in 27; these fuckers aren't paying tax either. On top of that, they talk about the disabled yet do not mention that inbreeding is a huge component of that bill. Pakis and Indians give birth to the most here, yet 1 in 3 Paki or Indian marriages are inbred.

Like, come the fuck on, at least be transparent about it. I can garan fucking tee that if we broke down the races of the unemployed youths, they are blacks and pakis or Arabs. Next, do adults because I can bet you it's the fucking same again, sensing a trend here.

You can scream at whitey all you want, but when the whites pay most of the bill, and then their offspring cannot pay the bill, then we got a problem. The Shameenas and the Bagrans are not your friends, but you imported your own captors. You promised them infinite gibs but they ran out.

Even Blair is called out Milliband for the same reasons all of us have said. The UK was not even 1% of the pollution. What is the point of us doing this and crippling ourselves?

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

I think it was probably just a fire. I have noticed that the rates for doing electrical certs for commercial businesses now are in a race to the bottom. Wouldn't shock (ha) me if they just fucked up, cheaped out and ate shit as a result.

I am always hesitant when the UK police immediately spring forwards to say, "it's not-". With that said I think the Met would have to be spectacularly stupid at this point to immediately call it as an accident if they had any suspicions.

 

[LXXVII Brigade]

The phrase "it takes a village" has been massively misinterpreted to mean it takes a shit load of random people to raise a child.

Visiting my parents and my home town really puts the whole thing in perspective. My parents live in the same town they grew up in, as a result they know almost everybody here in their generation in one way or another. They were either in my parents year at school, their siblings were or they were the year above/below them. Everyone of a certain age knows each other or knows someone who knows them.

You can meet someone in Tesco while doing your shopping and have a chat for a good five minutes about what so and so is doing now. I met a family friend who used to look after me when I was younger the other day and had a good ten minute conversation about what I was doing now (fedposting to entrap retarded faggots on the internet ect). You just don't get that kind of community anymore and I'll tell you why.

There are no good jobs for a youngster around my home town. Shitbust there are none. If you don't want to go to Uni your options are either the rigs (which are winding down after the 90s boom anyway) or The Forces. Maybe a sparky or plumber here or there if you're lucky. What this means is that when every youngster leaves to go to Uni (and by god that's a load of people these days) they have no reason to come back here. They leave home, go to Uni, get a degree and now have to find a job somewhere. Keep in mind home doesn't have any. The end result of this is entire generations from one town who would normally stay close to home and in touch with each other is now blown to the four corners of the UK in search of a decent job. Gone is the tight knit "village" because an entire generation who grew up together is just gone forever and never going to come back.

In the cities I'd wager it's even worse because there are so many people it's impossible to know or at least know of everyone you meet.

 

[teriyakiburns]

So we have the one of the biggest thunderstorms in recent history over about half the fucking country and not one of you faggots even mentioned it. Biggest weather event of the fucking decade so far and not one of you cunts posted any videos or photos of that shit. No one in this thread is English apparently.

I have lived through at least three similarly large storms. It was unusual, but unremarkable.

 

[Eekum Bokum]

I have lived through at least three similarly large storms. It was unusual, but unremarkable.

What got me was it was boiling all day, then the storm hit the heatwave faded, storm ended and the heatwave came back like nothing happened.

 

[the rat]

What got me was it was boiling all day, then the storm hit the heatwave faded, storm ended and the heatwave came back like nothing happened.

Who curled the monkey's paw?

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

Who curled the monkey's paw?

Dibs.
I ordered aircon gas for the car.
It arrived, I saw the storm so didn’t use it.
Heatwave came back. Now I’m stuck with schrodingers aircon.

 

[Otterly]

never liked Subway

The smell revolts me. You can smell a subway half a mile off, they smell disgusting. I think it’s the bread, but the smell is something I cannot tolerate. Even lush and nail bars don’t project odiferous assault that far . Subway smells vile.

If anyone is on social media and can capture the various people calling it a false flag from the political parties I'd consider it a favour.

It may well have been a freezer or fridge fault but they’re very fast to label it. Doesn’t fire investigation take a while? Or did someone literally see a freezer on fire at the start - which again doesn’t mean it was spontaneous. Very dangerous anyway, for non Brits, a lot of our buildings in rhe city centre are shops below and flats above, so these fires in retail premises directly risk a lot of lives.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

It may well have been a freezer or fridge fault but they’re very fast to label it. Doesn’t fire investigation take a while? Or did someone literally see a freezer on fire at the start - which again doesn’t mean it was spontaneous.

It would normally take a while but remember the Met got some specific budget for protecting Jews recently. I suspect part of the purpose of that is to speed run investigations.

 

[Vesperus]

https://archive.is/LylYK

When every second counts, the police are only minutes away from noticing they've handcuffed someone who's been repeatedly stabbed.

 

[Overly Serious]

The smell revolts me. You can smell a subway half a mile off, they smell disgusting. I think it’s the bread, but the smell is something I cannot tolerate. Even lush and nail bars don’t project odiferous assault that far . Subway smells vile.

Glad I'm not the only one. I can tell there's a Subway in the area before I even see it. There's some foul concoction that goes into those things that I'm surprised others don't have the same reaction. It's absolutely vile.

It may well have been a freezer or fridge fault but they’re very fast to label it. Doesn’t fire investigation take a while? Or did someone literally see a freezer on fire at the start - which again doesn’t mean it was spontaneous. Very dangerous anyway, for non Brits, a lot of our buildings in rhe city centre are shops below and flats above, so these fires in retail premises directly risk a lot of lives.

Like with the fire at Notre Dame when Macron declared it was an accident and not arson whilst it was still ablaze and firefighters hadn't even been able to fully access it. This, after a wave of church arsons across France in the preceding years. This fire could well be an accident like you say. The question is whether we would be told if it wasn't.

It would normally take a while but remember the Met got some specific budget for protecting Jews recently. I suspect part of the purpose of that is to speed run investigations.

That will have been a political gesture from on high, more so than any ground level police saying "can we have an extra budget for Jews." And consequently they will find things to spend the money on rather than find money for the things they need. As a political gesture the higher ups will want maximum visibility for their effort. Which is therefore more likely to go on some extra people walking around and shaking hands than funding investigative work.

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

I have lived through at least three similarly large storms. It was unusual, but unremarkable.

We had three claps of thunder then it was back to the heat. If that was one of the biggest thunderstorms everrrrrr, it was fucking shite.

At least it’s cooler today. For now.