Topical question AQT 396/22-27

Topical question by Mr Peter McReynolds on 17 June 2024.

MLA: Mr Peter McReynolds
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 17 June 2024
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 396/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4496522

Text

Mr McReynolds asked the Minister of Justice to join him in condemning the UVF's so-called show of strength in east Belfast at the weekend.

24 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

These were assessed together with this record:

17 June 2024 – I thank the Minister for her response, and I certainly agree with the sentiment of her answer. Minister, do you agree…

Assessment

Not flagged

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: 0.22 (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 criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.64).
Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
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

Probability that each statement is true of this text (0 = no, 1 = yes). A criterion counts as met at 0.60 or above.
Question	Probability	Met?
Identity framing	0.31	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.05	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.09	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.22	No
Controversy escalation	0.15	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.25	No
Overall judgement	0.22	At or below not-flagging threshold

Context and attribution (stance)
Option	Probability
No identity-based framing	0.05
Reports or questions it	0.01
Criticises or condemns it (chosen)	0.64
Adopts it	0.30

Subject area (top five)
Subject	Probability
Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism	0.88
Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations	0.11
Parades, bonfires and commemorations	0.01
No identity-related subject	0.00
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials	0.00

Assessed 21 October 2026 at 10:38 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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