Guido is rightly appalled at Peter Mandelson's £5,000-a-night stay at the Kempinski Hotel in Moscow but isn't the bigger scandal the Telegraph story...
Lord Mandelson hails improved relations between Britain and Russia ?
Two months ago Russia invaded Georgia. We were all appalled. Most of us anyway. We were going to teach Russia a lesson. Exclude them from the G8. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Is that laughter I hear from The Kremlin?
* Churchill, December 1941: "What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible that they do not realise that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget."