Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Debate contribution by Mr Robbie Butler on .
- MLA
- Mr Robbie Butler
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 8 April 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Executive Committee Business
- Heading
- Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4919423
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Text
I am often asked why I joined the Ulster Unionist Party and not the DUP, particularly when I am interviewed by young people. It is because of moments such as this, and that is the honest truth.
37 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: 0.37 (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 (0.91).
- 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 | 0.55 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.05 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.07 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.32 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.03 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.37 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.91 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.05 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.04 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.33 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.32 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.19 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.13 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:21 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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