"It is a Groundhog Day Budget from a failing and out-of-touch chancellor, " he said.
Last month, the legendary Pennsylvania groundhog failed to see his shadow, thereby predicting an early spring.
But General Beauregard Lee, a Georgia groundhog, saw his shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter.
The Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, attracts worldwide attention each year.
The 1993 movie "Groundhog Day" starring Bill Murray brought even more notoriety to Pennsylvania's pudgy little guy.
In the early mornings, I would wake up to a chubby groundhog shaking the dew off his fur.
The Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, a borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, attracts worldwide attention each year.
Phil "speaks to the Groundhog Club President in Groundhogese, " according to the website.
Groundhog Day is Saturday, and the west-central Pennsylvania community is holding its welcome-back bash for the famous winter-weather prognosticator.
Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow Saturday morning in Pennsylvania.
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He had always been a bit of a creature of habit, but these routines developed into Groundhog Day rituals over time.
The groundhog forecast an early spring when he did not see his shadow as he emerged from hibernation on 2 February.
The record attendance was about 30, 000 the year after the movie's release, said Katie Donald, executive director of the Groundhog Club.
Relying on the weather predictions of a groundhog may seem like a strange tradition, but the practice dates back to medieval times.
Organizers say about 20, 000 people were expected for the event, a larger-than-normal crowd because Groundhog Day falls on a weekend this year.
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Each year thousands of people visit the tiny western Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney, depicted in the 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, to witness Phil's prognostication.
But Bill Deeley, president of the club that organises Groundhog Day, said Phil has a lawyer and would fight attempted extradition by the Ohio authorities.
Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS in England, seems to be trapped in some kind of select committee groundhog day, at the moment.
Yet if opinion polls prove correct, it will be Groundhog day for Canada, with the Conservatives again the largest party but lacking an overall majority.
Given the groundhog day aspect to how the sovereign debt crisis has played out, there is of course no guarantee resolution will happen, or happen soon.
Meanwhile, at New York's Staten Island Zoo, fellow groundhog Staten Island Chuck also didn't see his shadow, agreeing that an early spring was on its way.
Like the proverbial groundhog, Nokia's Feature Pack 2 for Symbian Belle peeked out a bit too early last month and had to withdraw back into its burrow.
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Authorities in the US state of Ohio have issued an "indictment" against Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog famed for predicting spring's arrival, after he got it wrong this year.
Giant's manager Bruce Bochy covered for his leftfielder turned groundhog.
On Phil's website, Groundhog.org, his handlers dispute the theory.
Party colleague Jim Shannon described the debate as "groundhog day".
Also like our groundhog friend, the only annual questions we must ask are in the details -- what is this year's Call of Duty about, and who's making it?
After the groundhog was summoned from his burrow at the Gobbler's Knob hill in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, observers proclaimed that "the prognosticator of all prognosticators" had not seen his shadow.
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