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This section is purely political. There is no question that the climate page of a sovereign state should or shouldn't exist. Please stop removing this page. As I say I am very happy to have an all-island climate page in addition, however as
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It's presumably poltically motivated given the current existence of northern ireland as a separate state to the republic of ireland. Nature surely doesn't care about such petty human boundaries: Ireland (Hibernia) is one island, and differs from north to south climate-wise even less than the island
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Your purpose is purely to irritate and you know fine well that there is an international border between the
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accusation against those (especially me) who are trying to sort out a possible problem. It's not purely political. Climate is not a political issue. In effect, by insisting it's your way or no way, you are the one bringing politics into this. You need to rein in the rhetoric and start using
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I think we should either merge these 2 or remove the templates. They've been there for over a year. My personal take is that they should be merged, but I understand the cultural sensitivities, and certainly am not pushing for an unnecessary fight. The
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