Another day - another scandal.

Peter Mandleson is in the news again…. There is some speculation as to how he has funded the £2.5 million purchase of a villa in London’s Regents Park. Calculations suggest a shortfall of up to £400,000 in the peer’s worth, and the price paid. This is not the first time such a mystery has arisen, of course!

We can only speculate on this, of course, but just for your interest £400k works out at 18,299,119.72 Russian rubles.