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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12...ibunal-norfolk

VEGANS in the UK emboldened by a landmark legal case earlier this week could fight in the courts to have the £5 note changed because it is made with animal derivatives.
Here we go, you just knew there would be an agenda.
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Originally Posted by Xandra ->
I think his being a vegan was irrelevant in this case, but I do think he was right in disclosing that The League Against Cruel Sports had invested pension funds in companies engaged in animal testing. Many supporters of LACS would be horrified by this, unethical at the very least.
Ditto

He has damaged the reputation of the business, he must have known he was likely to lose his job.
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Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12...ibunal-norfolk



Here we go, you just knew there would be an agenda.
Do stockbrokers check if companys they invest pension fund
money into are compliant with ethical pressure groups dictates?
If not, how can the investor he blamed?
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05-01-2020, 06:39 PM
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The tribunal to decide at a later date whether he was treated differently because of his belief. LACS say it was because of his misconduct.
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
Do stockbrokers check if companys they invest pension fund
money into are compliant with ethical pressure groups dictates?
If not, how can the investor he blamed?
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Investors can and probably will withdraw.
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Investors can and probably will withdraw.
Thats probably true Cinders, which makes me think that the whole
thing is a vegan plot to apply pressure via our self serving legal
system?
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With all of the turmoil over animal "rights" , I can't help but wonder how long it will be before some group objects to leather shoes, citing cruelty to animals ?
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Re: Sunday lunch for Vegans?

Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12...ibunal-norfolk



Here we go, you just knew there would be an agenda.
Why just £5 notes? Are the rest made of something different?
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With all of the turmoil over animal "rights" , I can't help but wonder how long it will be before some group objects to leather shoes, citing cruelty to animals ?
They have now got the 'green light' to demand everyone and everything is vegan and vegan friendly.
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
Why just £5 notes? Are the rest made of something different?
The older notes are ok, or else we would have heard about it.

From 2017.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...-10-animal-fat
 
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