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Wetherspoon Restores Right to Be Drunk Unfilmed

Smart Glasses Told to Stop Filming Strangers BRITAIN’S PUBS: Wetherspoon has reminded customers that filming people without permission is not acceptable, including through camera-equipped smart glasses. Wetherspoon Smart Glasses Policy: Turn Off the Cameras The policy attracted attention in August, as wearable technology began turning ordinary spectacles into discreet recording equipment. The chain told The Register that the general code in its pubs, and most pubs, is that you can’t…

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Smart Glasses Ban Urged After Reform MP Recites Statistics

Parliament fears politicians might remember facts without government assistance. CARDIFF, 19 October 2026. Westminster has been thrown into an intellectual emergency following controversy over a Reform UK politician’s smart glasses, prompting demands for tighter parliamentary rules before British voters start expecting elected representatives to know what they are talking about. The Jason O’Connell Speech in the Welsh Senedd The controversy followed a statistics-heavy speech by Reform’s Jason O’Connell in the…