Machiavellian Mandelson to raise Princely sum

As an impoverished blogger, Scrapbook takes some small comfort from the fact that even (former city trader) Guido Fawkes was outbid on this copy of Machiavelli’s The Prince signed by Peter Mandelson. The charity auction is now up to £380:

Could probably stretch to £10 for Brant’s The Ship Of Fools signed by the Tory front bench.