Topical question AQT 2272/22-27

Topical question by Mr Harry Harvey on 27 April 2026.

MLA: Mr Harry Harvey
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 27 April 2026
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 2272/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5508387

Text

Mr Harvey asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the First Minister unequivocally condemns the reckless attack on Dunmurry PSNI station over the weekend.

26 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:

27 April 2026 – There was always an alternative to violence. Will the First Minister take the opportunity to condemn all other bombings…

Assessment

Not qualifying

Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not qualifying”.

Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.67 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
No identity-based framing was identified (0.42).
Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
None of the culture-war criteria came close to being met, so the subject matter alone does not make it qualify.

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

Probability that each statement is true of this text (0 = no, 1 = yes). A criterion counts as met at 0.60 or above.
Question	Probability	Met?
Identity framing	0.12	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.03	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.03	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.17	No
Controversy escalation	0.17	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.35	No
Overall judgement	0.67	Between thresholds

Context and attribution (stance)
Option	Probability
No identity-based framing (chosen)	0.42
Reports or questions it	0.01
Criticises or condemns it	0.25
Adopts it	0.32

Subject area (top five)
Subject	Probability
Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism	0.56
No identity-related subject	0.42
Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations	0.02
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials	0.00
Parades, bonfires and commemorations	0.00

Assessed 21 October 2026 at 15:27 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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