Debate contribution: Display of Flags, Emblems and Banners
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 30 April 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Display of Flags, Emblems and Banners
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4487529
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Text
I am a pretty poor body double for Tom. Some years ago, when FICT was established, I was asked to nominate an Ulster Unionist Party representative. I chose a councillor, a soldier, a man of action, and, for three years, listened to his frustration at the lack of progress. He has been trying to get his own back on me ever since.
62 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: 0.27 (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 (0.99).
- Subject area: Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
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 | 0.11 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.06 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.09 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.25 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.03 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.27 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.99 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.01 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.29 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.27 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.21 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.10 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.08 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 10:02 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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