Written question AQW 39952/22-27
Written question by Mr Jon Burrows on .
- MLA
- Mr Jon Burrows
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 5 February 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 39952/22-27
- Department
- Department of Justice
- Business
- To the Minister of Justice
- Assembly identifier
- Document 469921
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Text
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any contact she had with the PSNI, directly or via officials, regarding an Ulster Unionist Party social media post and graphic, on 4 February 2026.
33 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: 0.36 (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).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.77).
- 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 | 0.10 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.18 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.07 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.47 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.38 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.36 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.77 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.23 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.68 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.21 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.04 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.03 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.03 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 05:52 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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