Topical question AQT 1683/22-27
Topical question by Mr Paul Frew on .
- MLA
- Mr Paul Frew
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 20 October 2025
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 1683/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5188550
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Text
Mr Frew asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister how they can promote Northern Ireland to potential investors as part of their work, when the First Minister's party colleague calls Northern Ireland a S-H-I-T-hole.
35 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber
These were assessed together with this record:
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: Controversy escalation (0.80).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.59).
- 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 | 0.18 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.05 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.07 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.25 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.80 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.14 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.38 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.59 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.14 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.25 |
| Adopts it | 0.02 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.83 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.08 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.05 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.02 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 13:30 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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