Topical question AQT 1651/22-27
Topical question by Mr Patsy McGlone on .
- MLA
- Mr Patsy McGlone
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 13 October 2025
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 1651/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5175599
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Mr McGlone asked the Minister of Justice, having condemned outright the disgraceful behaviour outside her home — any Member who has been in politics for a while and has seen intimidation and crime of that nature knows that it is abysmal that it should happen to her, an elected representative, outside her home, which should be private to each of us — having expressed solidarity with her and condemnation of the thugs who stood there and tried to intimidate her as she went about her normal daily work, and having listened carefully when the Minister mentioned the types of measures that could be taken by her Department and in collaboration with other Departments to help to tackle the scourge of extremism, which often manifests itself as right-wing, sectarian and racist, how she sees the increase in sentencing and the collaboration with other Departments panning out?
145 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber
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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: 0.08 (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).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.84).
- The text criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.97).
- Subject area: Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations.
- 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
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.10 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.04 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.07 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.11 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.84 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.08 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.03 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it (chosen) | 0.97 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 13:26 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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