POLITICALLY CORRECT PUBS

JD Wetherspoon - a British pub chain that combines cheap food and booze with a bland atmosphere that is supposed to feel 'local' - is considering outlawing bad language, and possibly mobile phones. The chain already has a reputation for intolerance of rowdy behaviour, with its 'no music' and 'no smoking at the bar' policies. In fact, Wetherspoon is the model New Labour pub - a 'safe pub' that favours granting greater freedoms, like extended licensing laws, only if customers are well behaved