Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution
Debate contribution by Mrs Naomi Long on .
- MLA
- Mrs Naomi Long
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 10 December 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Democratic Consent Resolution
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4716608
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I will walk through a Lobby tonight on the basis of what I believe and stand for. You are no more the DUP's little helper than I am anybody else's little helper. The Member would do well to extend to other people the courtesy that he would expect to be extended to him. I find it outrageous that I have been accused of being a nationalist or a republican tonight, just as I would find it outrageous to be accused of being a unionist or a loyalist.
87 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: 0.46 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Identity framing (0.79); Controversy escalation (0.66).
- The text criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.85).
- Subject area: Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations.
- 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 | 0.79 | Yes |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.14 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.10 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.66 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.04 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.46 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.14 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.01 |
| Criticises or condemns it (chosen) | 0.85 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.65 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.31 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.03 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.01 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:46 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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