Someone, somewhere, give poor old Doctor David a hug

Apparently research carried out at Manchester Metropolitan University has revealed that nowadays people are just too busy to hug.
It appears that everyone needs at least one cuddle a day, and most of us are not getting our quota either because hugging takes up too much of our precious time, or because we fear our touchy-feeliness may be misinterpreted in today’s politically correct society.
Actually, I’m not convinced. Over the past 50-or-so years the British people have changed from a reserved, restrained stiff-upper-lipped nation to a rather sentimental bunch. We cry in unison at the funerals of people we didn’t even know, and we leave flowers at the site of any tragedy we come across. And yes, we are more inclined to hug. Teenagers seem to hug each other at the drop of a hat these days. Boys even hug other boys – something that would have horrified my dear old Dad.
Apparently the research was spearheaded by just one man - psychologist Dr David Holmes. I wonder why. Does he spend his time holed up at Manchester Metropolitan University yearning for a cuddle? And did that prompt him to begin this research just to prove that it was everyone else – and not just him – not getting their fair share of hugs?

Someone give him a hug, quick, just so he'll get off the backs of the rest of us.