Burnham says united Ireland poll is 'off the table' during first NI visit
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“too much division, too much arguing, too much backward-looking”
Repetition · “too much division, too much arguing, too much backward-looking”Why ›
The phrase 'too much' is repeated three times in quick succession to rhetorically hammer home a sense of excess and dysfunction.Analyzed 2026-08-31 04:02 UTC. Articles are sometimes updated after publication — if a quote here isn't in the current version, the piece has changed since.
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