Piers Morgan Clashes With Vegan Over New Five Pound Note | Good Morning Britain

Broadcast on 06/12/16
Vegans are objecting to the new five pound notes that have been revealed to contain animal fat.

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[MrMoralHighground]

there is already a vegan alternative to a £5 note. its called £5 in change

[victoriasalter]

“I’m not expecting you to eat it.” Veganism is not just about what you eat and what you don’t eat. It also applies to other products involving animal cruelty, like leather, down, feathers, fur, wool, exotic skins, etc. it also applies to other things that aren’t even tangible products, such as bullfighting, zoos, circuses, the pet trade (most ethical vegans would be opposed to keeping wild animals as pets; as much as we may want to have a wild animal, we recognise that it’s not ethical or fair on the animal. Some vegans are opposed to having domesticated animals as well, but others aren’t, especially if the animal is rescued), hunting, trapping, fishing, other bloodsports and even horse riding.

[blakemrolfsensanchez]

Actually i feel sorry for him. I respect all people and he is really passionate about this

[mortenmadsen]

If the the 5£ note is a problem because of animal fat. Can a vegan watch a movie where they use leather shoes?

[docjoekr]

‘1% might not sound a lot’

No, it doesn’t, it’s 1% above 0

[maddiemillionz]

ur tripping about the animal fat but not the tree cut down to make a piece of paper that actually has no use or value unless some guy somewhere says it does ur a hypocrite

[kingkong]

“I don’t want more butts on the floor” 💀

[happycarnivore..]

Doug disappeared back into irrelevance soon after.

[Maynards_so_blue]

talk about making a mountain of a molehill

[jay-llzy]

Why do I need to understand what a vegan is? I really really don’t care lol

[tg]

How many of these vegans are pro choice?

[bobweeny]

Ngl this guy is abit likable compared to the other vegans ive seen and i do saught of see his point.

As a vegan hes against killing animals period. So for him to handle money that involves that calls into question his entire loyalty and seriousness to his movement.

Like anyone can use that against him "well you handle money that has animal fat in it" just like piers uses the almond and avacados arguement.

I can see that due to the type of job he has, its abit of an issue for him, so respect to him for bringing up that issue.

Im general though there are alternatives such as coins and digital/online banking.

[michaelderenne]

I love animals but people need to seriously stop over reacting from stuff like this. We have used animals for things for a long time. It's nothing new. Honestly it sounds bad but it's them or us

[Emmalittlepengelly]

Piers analogies are terrible. Piers does respect vegans.