Written question AQW 26890/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 9 May 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 26890/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 438954
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Text
To ask the Minister for Communities whether the land on which a statue of Bobby Sands was illegally erected in Twinbrook is owned by the Housing Executive.
27 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).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- The text adopts the identity-based framing in its own voice (0.49).
- Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
- The overall probability was moderate at most and none of the culture-war criteria was close to being met.
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 | 0.13 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.33 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.29 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.48 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.40 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.46 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.38 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.12 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.01 |
| Adopts it (chosen) | 0.49 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.59 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.39 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.01 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.01 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 03:42 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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