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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.
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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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F40PH dijo:
When it comes to a capital for the North, I've always felt that York would be the best possible fit. The Minster is one of the most beautiful buildings on Earth,
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York is too small, and too nice and the government should simply ignore it and not come there at all.
They should go to Manchester, it’s already gay and depressing and it rains constantly. Leave York alone
 
Chunky Salsa dijo:
The tax man took all my money again. It happens every month. I need to hire an accountant, so I can avoid as much of.this as humanly possible.
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Honestly I cannot recommend this enough. We have excellent financial advice through work and get access to this and it makes such a big difference.

I use that and my better half uses one from his work, and it's so worth doing.
 
Otterly dijo:
York is too small, and too nice and the government should simply ignore it and not come there at all.
They should go to Manchester, it’s already gay and depressing and it rains constantly. Leave York alone
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This is a fair take, but if you've ever been across the river in York or off the main highstreet area, there are so many buildings that are literally falling apart. It's all pretty nice within the city walls (for the mostpart, anyway), but it gets a bit grim when you start heading out. It's a lovely place, but it makes me sad seeing it rapidly decay the further you wander from where you're supposed to go.

As a side note, all of this talk about York is activating my railway autism. I could do with a trip to the National Railway Museum. The improvements they've been making over there these last few years is nuts. If you've got kids, it's a great day out if you want a break from the city. Would highly recommend.
 
James X Maxwell dijo:
Darkies just cannot stop acting like fools on public transport
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Apparently this occurred a couple days ago on a train commuting from Brighton to Crawley, had to stop at Gatwick for police to board and intervene. Posted by (X) David Atherton

Imagine being on a train in this heatwave, going or leaving work, sweating your bollocks off and having to endure these monkeys. Editing to add that there is one wigger in this fight, shame.
 
Otterly dijo:
York is too small, and too nice and the government should simply ignore it and not come there at all.
They should go to Manchester, it’s already gay and depressing and it rains constantly. Leave York alone
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I like York, and can't imagine it would be improved by dumping civil servants on it.
Bradford sounds better. Or Luton, if they need to commute.
 
Vesperus dijo:
I like York, and can't imagine it would be improved by dumping civil servants on it.
Bradford sounds better. Or Luton, if they need to commute.
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The "traditional" suggestion for moving the government outside London is Birmingham, but they always seem reluctant to think about it. Can't think why.
 
teriyakiburns dijo:
The "traditional" suggestion for moving the government outside London is Birmingham, but they always seem reluctant to think about it. Can't think why.
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There's a "Yes, Minister" episode where Humphrey threatens Bernard with a move to DVLA, Swansea.

Maybe all civil servants should be spread across the country and made to telework.
 
F40PH dijo:
I get that Manchester is where most of the financial shit is in the North, but come on. Just look at this! Nobody can tell me that this isn't the Northern icon we need.
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York Minster is so complex, it looks like it was built from matchsticks in photos like that one. How the fuck did someone turn the idea of that into actual stone reality? It must’ve taken an enormous amount of skill (and even more work).

Shame the best we can build nowadays is the half-finished concrete and steel cavern of Canary Wharf underground station. It’d make a great sewer, especially when modern man seems incapable of creating modern sewers that work.

Clem Fandango dijo:
Except we're not giving the northern capital to the tykes. Who won the war of the roses?
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Wait, who proposed making the capital Barnsley? Can you imagine the abuse the poor MPs would face, never mind any police for security? Maybe they could build the new Westminster in a now-disused coal mine. Capture all the hot air and waffles and we’d solve the power and food issues U.K.-wide.

Clem Fandango dijo:
The best I can do is a compromise at Saddleworth Moor. Any further east and 1485 shall commence again.
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Government amidst the graves of murdered children. Rather apt, one might say.

teriyakiburns dijo:
How about splitting the difference and settling on Buxton? Derbyshire is practically neutral ground.
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Have you ever tried driving to Buxton? On a quiet day it’s frustrating enough. Get there when there’s traffic and you’re fucked. Enjoy the car park, at least the surroundings are prettier than the M25 I guess.

Betonhaus dijo:
Well, time to figure out what things have not been banned yet that you can still use to kill a man. Unless the government has banned everything pointier then a buttplug
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Pens. I’m always amazed security staff won’t let in scissors, knitting needles, the tiniest penknife possible etc, but go in with a pen and it’s all fine.

If you’re not convinced your biro is strong enough, you can always plump for a pencil. Sharp, pointy, solid.

Hang on, did we forget bins? Flaming bins, in fact?

teriyakiburns dijo:
The "traditional" suggestion for moving the government outside London is Birmingham, but they always seem reluctant to think about it. Can't think why.
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Birmingham would be perfect. If it’s the country’s capital, it’s where whatever lunatic we go to war with next will decide to plant a big fat boom on, and people across the Midlands and beyond have been praying for Birmingham’s demise for years. Bonus, said disaster would also clear up the uncollected bins. Unless the locals use them as weapons first.
 

Parents who try to stop their children from having conversion therapy risk being prosecuted under new Labour law​



Parents risk prosecution for trying to stop their children having gender treatment under a new Labour law, MPs and campaigners fear.

The conversion therapy ban means those convicted of trying to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity could be jailed for five years.

People suspected of abusive practices also face being hit by Conversion Practice Protection Orders, which can be applied for by councils to protect those deemed at risk.

Ministers insist only abusive acts that cause 'serious harm, alarm or distress' will be covered – but said there would be no exemption for parents.

It has prompted concerns that the law will criminalise parents for trying to talk to children about their desire to identify as the opposite sex or undergo gender treatment, such as taking puberty blockers and having surgery.

Counsellors and priests could also fall foul of the legislation, it is feared.
 
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Parents who try to stop their children from having conversion therapy risk being prosecuted under new Labour law​



Parents risk prosecution for trying to stop their children having gender treatment under a new Labour law, MPs and campaigners fear.

The conversion therapy ban means those convicted of trying to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity could be jailed for five years.

People suspected of abusive practices also face being hit by Conversion Practice Protection Orders, which can be applied for by councils to protect those deemed at risk.

Ministers insist only abusive acts that cause 'serious harm, alarm or distress' will be covered – but said there would be no exemption for parents.

It has prompted concerns that the law will criminalise parents for trying to talk to children about their desire to identify as the opposite sex or undergo gender treatment, such as taking puberty blockers and having surgery.

Counsellors and priests could also fall foul of the legislation, it is feared.
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Yet Muslims can keep fucking their cousins and raping girls, got it.
 
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