Written question AQW 7139/22-27
Written question by Ms Cara Hunter on .
- MLA
- Ms Cara Hunter
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 21 February 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 7139/22-27
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Business
- To the Minister for Infrastructure
- Assembly identifier
- Document 389763
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Text
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail his Department’s policy for the removal of flags flying from lamp-posts, including those with inflammatory political messaging, with specific regard to the East Londonderry constituency.
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: 0.33 (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).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.71).
- The text criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.40).
- 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 | 0.27 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.26 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.28 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.39 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.71 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.33 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.15 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.16 |
| Criticises or condemns it (chosen) | 0.40 |
| Adopts it | 0.29 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.89 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.10 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.01 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 01:20 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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