William Sitwell, right, said his comments in an email were intended as a joke and that he supports and respects vegans REX FEATURESWaitrose faced a backlash yesterday after the editor of its food magazine resigned for making a joke about vegans. There was speculation that William Sitwell jumped before he was pushed because of the commercial importance of vegans to the supermarket chain. One of his supporters complained of a chilling effect on free speech and blamed Twitter trolls. He described the email as a joke made in haste and said that he supported and respected vegans. Waitrose said that Mr Sitwell had resigned from…

Source: The Times November 01, 2018 00:06 UTC