Written question AQW 30329/22-27
Written question by Mr Phillip Brett on .
- MLA
- Mr Phillip Brett
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 4 September 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 30329/22-27
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Business
- To the Minister for the Economy
- Assembly identifier
- Document 448123
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Text
To ask the Minister for the Economy to explain why Tourism NI made no mention of the Orangefest in their recent social media advertising of Belfast Festivals.
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: 0.44 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Cultural grievance politics (0.83); Controversy escalation (0.69).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.82).
- Subject area: Parades, bonfires and commemorations.
- 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 | 0.37 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.83 | Yes |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.27 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.69 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.21 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.44 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.82 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.07 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.11 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.59 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.22 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.06 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.05 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.05 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:16 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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