Bertie’s floating vote prediction may turn out to be a classic damp squib

WITH a hard beak, no backbone and a reputation for being venomous, it could be argued that Bertie the Octopus possesses all the right characteristics to be a shrewd observer of Irish political life.

Like his better-known German counterpart, Paul, Bertie also fancies himself as a psychic.

So yesterday he was called upon to share his insight into the possible result of the general election.