Get ready for Olympic glory and Bertie’s return in a bumpy 2012

WELL, Happy New Year to ye all!

Look, it can’t be any worse than the brute of a year we’ve all enjoyed. And if my predictions for next year (with apologies to Old Moore) come true, at least we’ll have a bit of colour and excitement in our otherwise debt-ridden lives in 2012.

I do this every year, of course. I should probably be making all the good new year resolutions, but with willpower like mine that’s almost certainly going to be a wasted exercise. Instead of resolutions, I made all sorts of predictions this time last year — and some of them almost came true.