According to the Indy Alex Proud, the smug, pushy, Porsche driving art dealer who is backing Mark Oaten, offered to mediate for him with Michael Brown, the ex-pat millionaire who upset the Electoral Commission by giving the LibDems £2.4m.

Alex Proud got his start in the art dealing world using money from Russian gangsters brought to him in suitcases of cash. He got the introduction to them from a Russian “model” girlfriend. Since the LibDem leadership candidate’s expenditure is capped at a mere £30,000, money should not be much of a problem.