Debate contribution: Bonfire Regulation
Debate contribution by Ms Kellie Armstrong on .
- MLA
- Ms Kellie Armstrong
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 16 September 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Bonfire Regulation
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5111652
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Text
I thank the Member for giving way. As you all know, I represent Strangford, and my office is in Newtownards. I will say clearly that Alliance is made up of unionists, nationalists and people who do not have a constitutional preference.
When I am in Newtownards, I serve everyone. The majority of people who come to my office are unionists. This week we spent time going around each of the estates, so I ask the Member to please be careful with his language.
83 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: 0.38 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Identity framing (0.65).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.72).
- Subject area: Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty.
- 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 | 0.65 | Yes |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.36 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.11 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.48 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.07 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.38 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.72 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.03 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.24 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.56 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.42 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.01 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.01 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 13:15 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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