Written question AQW 18733/22-27
Written question by Mr Phillip Brett on .
- MLA
- Mr Phillip Brett
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 25 November 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 18733/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 419038
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Text
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the comments made by the Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Association in relation to the use of the Ulster Banner as the flag for the Northern Ireland athletes.
41 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.46 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Identity framing (0.60); Cultural grievance politics (0.77); Controversy escalation (0.63).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.77).
- Subject area: Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials.
- The overall probability was low and the text did not adopt any identity-based framing.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.60 | Yes |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.77 | Yes |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.08 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.63 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.35 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.46 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.23 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.77 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.98 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.02 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:27 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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