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THERE'S A new ditty about Bertie doing the rounds on YouTube that's worth wasting four minutes and 10 seconds of the boss's time on.

It's called Bertie and Boomtown and is "sung" (if that's not over-egging it) by four young ladies and a bloke wearing a wig in the style of Marsha Hunt (Google it if you want an explanation) and massively oversized sunglasses.