# David Graham: When my kids are 40 there won’t have been border poll, but unionism needs a reset Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/david-graham-when-my-kids-are-40-there-won-t-have-been-border-poll-but-unionism-needs-a-reset Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/david-graham-when-my-kids-are-40-there-won-t-have-been-border-poll-but-unionism-needs-a-reset.md Podcast: [The BelTel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912) Published: 2026-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/david-graham-when-my-kids-are-40-there-wont-have-been-border Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/6a05d6fb68dc584edac17fde/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/david-graham-when-my-kids-are-40-there-won-t-have-been-border-poll-but-unionism-needs-a-reset Duration seconds: 2518 ## Resource David Graham is a former DUP councillor, and a former advisor to education minister Peter Weir. He has been a teacher and has worked for both Linfield and Rangers. He is also a political commentator.   Recently he has been writing about the need for the unionist parties to bring in fresh talent.   He joined Ciarán Dunbar on the BelTel to discuss unionist politics, how to fix Stormont and Northern Ireland, and whether he expects a border poll.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/david-graham-when-my-kids-are-40-there-won-t-have-been-border-poll-but-unionism-needs-a-reset/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/david-graham-when-my-kids-are-40-there-won-t-have-been-border-poll-but-unionism-needs-a-reset.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.