Hello, welcome to the podcast of Morales, I'm Ruth Alexander. This edition is something

a little different. We've dusted off three items from our archives that you may or may

not have heard before, but there are actually topics we've been contacted about a lot over

the past few weeks, so we thought they're worth hearing again.

One ties in with the UK Labour Party's recent claim that malnutrition in the UK has

risen dramatically under the Conservative Government, and another that's received a

flurry of emails since a certain history programme was broadcast this year. Do our loyal listeners

share blood with his Royal Highness King Danny Dyer? But first, you might be aware that

a couple of weeks ago it was Groundhog Day. Again, here's Tim Halford from 2012.

Now to the meteorological forecasting powers of a creature made famous in the Hollywood

film Groundhog Day. On Groundhog Day, Punxer Torney Phil, a Groundhog, comes out of

hibernation to give his verdict on the weather for the next six weeks. If he sees his shadow,

it's six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, spring will come early. How anyone knows

whether he's seen his shadow or not, I do not know.

Oh, I do. There are people who understand his snuffles.

Ah, there. Well, here's this year's prediction as translated by the people.

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. On Gobblersnob, on this magnificent Groundhog Day, February 2,

2012 Phil proclaimed many shadows do I see six more weeks of winter, it must be.

This is the one time when radio really fails to capture the true excitement of a large

squirrel predicting the weather. But the more or less question surely is, given the difficulties

humans have forecasting the weather, how accurate can a Groundhog possibly be?

Well, Tim, you might be surprised in the film Groundhog Day, weather presenter Phil Conners

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