Debate contribution: US Visit: St Patrick’s Day
Debate contribution by Mr Doug Beattie MC on .
- MLA
- Mr Doug Beattie MC
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 3 March 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- US Visit: St Patrick’s Day
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4825875
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Text
Minister, our party always argues against boycotts; other parties like boycotts. Some parties complain about boycotts and then partake in boycotts themselves. I ask the First Minister to be absolutely clear: will the deputy First Minister be going to the White House to represent Northern Ireland?
46 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: 0.47 (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 (0.86).
- 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 | 0.26 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.06 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.20 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.57 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.17 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.47 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.86 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.08 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.01 |
| Adopts it | 0.05 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.68 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.15 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.07 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.06 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:05 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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