Reform UK politician appears to use smart glasses as teleprompter during Senedd debate – video
Jason O’Connell is suspected of having used smart glasses that turned his lenses into tiny teleprompters. Periodic flashing in his spectacles could be seen as the Senedd member for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr spoke for five minutes without a glance at his notes on 30 September. In the following days, other Welsh assembly members said the issue of smart glasses – popularised by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta – needed to be dealt with at pace, with explicit guidance about their use developed.
There is no suggestion O’Connell's glasses were recording
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