Looks like they've acted swiftly in response to the backlash, but quite how it ended up in the guide given there have been "guidelines in place since 2018 that no pub should be considered for an award if it displays offensive or discriminatory material" is anyone's guess.
I may be cynical, but I'm going to guess that 90% of their guide is ctrl+v and no one has actually checked since whichever disgruntled employee left leaving that review as a fuck you Easter Egg.
Looks like they've acted swiftly in response to the backlash, but quite how it ended up in the guide given there have been "guidelines in place since 2018 that no pub should be considered for an award if it displays offensive or discriminatory material" is anyone's guess.