By Natalie Mortimer

Online betting company Paddy Power has avoided a ban from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after readers complained about a sexually suggestive ad that ran ahead of the Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage TV debate.

The controversial company was subject to two complaints after the ad, which appeared in the Metro, featured the text ‘Who’s The Best Mass Debater?’ alongside photographs of the two politicians with suggestive facial expressions.

The complainants said the ad alluded to masturbation and was therefore offensive.

Paddy Power admitted that the ad “might be seen as distasteful by some readers” but said it believed from the small Read full story ›

Source: The Drum