Last night, critics said the news heaped pressure on the Prime Minister to rethink the appointment of Mr Mendelsohn which came in the same week as the Government relaxed laws that now allow casinos, bookmakers and betting websites to advertise on television. The revelations linking Mr Mendelsohn with Miss Parasol come just days after the appointment of Mr Mendelsohn, who has donated £5,000 towards Mr Brown’s Labour leadership campaign.Īs the co-founder of the political lobbying firm LLM, he had lobbied on behalf of Ladbrokes, the bookmaking firm, for favourable gambling legislation. Mr Mendelsohn has been quoted as a personal spokesman for Miss Parasol during her time with PartyGaming.Īn online gaming industry source told The Sunday Telegraph: “Mendelsohn worked for Parasol in an advisory capacity for several months.” Jon Mendelsohn, named as Mr Brown’s director of general election resources last week, is a man who provides an unlikely link between the Prime Minister and Ruth Parasol, co-founder of the internet company PartyGaming and the Internet Entertainment Group (IEG), which offered paying customers real-time footage of women stripping. UK- The man chosen to spearhead Labour’s fundraising represented a colourful businesswoman who made a fortune from sex chatlines and online gambling, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
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