Can I specifically un-nominate the Bagpuss on the grounds that (i) he'll be the (hep) cat that got the cream if he gets any more compliments (ii) he knows a good deal less about pubs than he thinks he does and, specifically, spends large amounts of time drinking in pubs outside SE23. Having said this nominating Con at the Blythe (note: Blythe, not BHT) is a top choice. Any pub landlord who will turn the air blue any time the words 'pub' and 'sofas' are used in the same sentence is worthy of a vote. By the way Bagpass what are you doing drinking at our south-side locals? Away with you to your Harvester and rose-tinted memories of dodgy Charringtons pubs.

YOHO should be un-nominated too on the grounds of misrepresentation: it claims to be a pub when it's record on serving beer clearly doesn't qualify it to be so.

I agree though that the Republic should win an award. We should cast ourselves our own shiny medals and wear them with pride on the morning trains to London Bridge, commandeering our own carriage and freezing out any northsiders who deign to interrupt our discourse on proper heroes of the people: Fidel Castro, Linda Barker, Neville Southall, Barbara Castle and Ken Dodd.