Time for a little rant…

After the news coming out yesterday that the new £5 note has tallow in it, people are moaning at vegetarians and vegans for not being happy about this. Tallow is an animal product, rendered fat usually from beef or mutton. What’s that doing in our money!? Probably something reeeally important (note the sarcasm) like making them feel super smooth. The notes have been in circulation for two months, the Bank of England replied to a tweet yesterday to confirm that the note does contain tallow.

So obviously the news got out, a petition was started and loads of people took to Twitter and made hilaaarious tweets (again with the sarcasm) and slagged off vegetarians and vegans for caring. Yes you jokers, we don’t eat the money, but if you understood vegetarians and vegans then you’d know it’s not just about what we eat. I don’t want to wash in tallow so I buy vegan soap! I don’t want to be carrying it around in my pocket either, even if it could pay for my vegan soap!

Please try and understand the issue before insulting someone for caring.