Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Claire Bolderson Journalist, Commentator, Moderator, Trainer ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](http://clairebolderson.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](http://clairebolderson.com/blog/) - [Little value for money at the CQC](http://clairebolderson.com/2016/06/little-value-for-money-at-the-cqc/) - Chaos and confusion in the CQC's new Experts by Experience contract raise serious questions about the organisation's commitment to "value for money" - [Little Care, Little Quality and some Terrible Commissioning](http://clairebolderson.com/2016/02/little-care-little-quality-and-some-terrible-commissioning/) - The CQC, responsible for inspecting health and social care services, awarded a key contract to a company that can't cope. Now it's having to bail it out. - [Calling time on my zero-hours job](http://clairebolderson.com/2016/01/calling-time-on-my-zero-hours-job/) - A private corporation takes over a key role inspecting health and care services, cutting pay in half. I won't stick around to see the result - [Housing policy or moral crusade?](http://clairebolderson.com/2016/01/housing-policy-or-moral-crusade/) - David Cameron wants to rebuild big housing estates. But his regeneration plans could see thousands of social tenants and leaseholders loose their homes. - [There goes the neighbourhood](http://clairebolderson.com/2015/03/there-goes-the-neighbourhood/) - The demise of independent shops on our high streets isn't just bad for those businesses, it's wrecking our sense of community - [Government Gradgrinds On ](http://clairebolderson.com/2015/02/government-gradgrinds-on/) - The government threatens Heads who fail to fill children's minds with facts. Here are a few facts to explain why they're punitive policy is wrong - [Outraged by the Outrage](http://clairebolderson.com/2014/11/outraged-by-the-outrage/) - An MPs ill advised tweet goes viral, the politicians and pundits rush to the defence of White Van Man. Shouldn't they be outraged by more important things? - [What's the Private Sector ever done for us?](http://clairebolderson.com/2014/11/whats-the-private-sector-ever-done-for-us/) - Labour want's private schools to help state schools but that's not what the state sector needs. In fact, state education has a lot to offer of its own. - [Scotland, Please Don't Go](http://clairebolderson.com/2014/08/scotland-please-dont-go/) - Scotland should say no in the independence referendum if only to save England. We need the Scots to lead us to a new sense of social solidarity. - [The Curriculum's mightier than the Sword](http://clairebolderson.com/2014/06/the-curriculums-mightier-than-the-sword/) - The government talks of "safeguarding" children from extremism. They need to be exposed to it through good RE teaching that helps them think for themselves. - [The Politicians We Deserve?](http://clairebolderson.com/2014/02/the-politicians-we-deserve/) - Never mind Prime Minister's Question Time, it's calling London Mayor Boris Johnson to account that gives politics a really bad name - [Don't mention the C word](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/10/dont-mention-the-c-word/) - A colonial relationship in a post colonial age: Britain struggles to control its troublesome overseas territory, The Turks and Caicos Islands. - [Delusions of Empire](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/03/delusions-of-empire/) - Britain likes to think it's loved by its colonial subjects but the Falkland Islands are the exception not the rule. - [In Praise of School Governors ](http://clairebolderson.com/2014/01/in-praise-of-school-governors/) - Yet another survey shows a serious shortage of school governors. It can be a very rewarding job. If only the government and Ofsted would say so. - [Reporting child abuse is only the start](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/11/reporting-child-abuse-is-only-the-start/) - Keir Starmer wants mandatory reporting of child abuse allegations. But it's the investigating of the allegations that really needs an overhaul. - [Mind Your Language(s)](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/10/mind-your-languages/) - It's time "specialist' European language departments took some responsibility for the drop in numbers studying European languages at University - [It's 3 a.m. in the White House](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/09/its-3-a-m-in-the-white-house/) - In 2008, Hillary Clinton attacked Barack Obama's lack of experience in dealing with foreign policy crises. Maybe she was right - [Royal Baby brings world.....Meh](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/07/royal-baby-brings-world-meh/) - The media tells us the world is all agog for the birth of William and Kate's child. There's little evidence to support that official line. - [A Love Letter to the NHS](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/07/a-love-letter-to-the-nhs/) - The NHS is under constant attack but personal experience suggests excellent clinical care is undermined by shortages of staff and poor administration - [Name Calling](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/07/name-calling/) - Through the repetition of key words and phrases the Tories dominate political discourse and define debate. Labour meanwhile is tongue tied. - [Making MINTs from BRICS](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/07/making-mints-from-brics/) - As the "MINTs" replace the "BRICS" as favoured targets for foreign investment, Claire Bolderson reports for the BBC from booming Indonesia - [Me and Mrs T](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/04/me-and-mrs-t/) - Margaret Thatcher was a divisive figure but many of us who opposed her have long since moved on. - [Focus on abuse of women not welfare](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/04/focus-on-abuse-of-women-not-welfare/) - The monster has been manipulated to suit a political agenda but Mick Philpott's case tells us nothing about welfare and everything about domestic abuse. - [Lessons from the Library ](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/03/lessons-from-the-library/) - How uproar over the sacking of an Oxford librarian could have been avoided if the St Hilda's College authorities had shared some key facts. - [Labour isn't working (hard enough)](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/03/labour-isnt-working-hard-enough/) - Ed Miliband has secured Labour's core vote, now he should learn from Obama and start reaching out to the middle ground. For that, he'll need policies. - [Lessons from the Savile saga](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/10/lessons-from-the-savile-saga-2/) - Savile was free to abuse because nobody believes the powerless. Unless we address that, all the inquiries will change nothing. - [Who'd be a School Governor?](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/02/whod-be-a-school-governor/) - The Ofsted boss attacks school governors but paying them a salary as he suggests isn't the best way to improve England's biggest volunteer force - [The world according to Gove ](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/01/the-world-according-to-gove/) - How the Education Secretary, Michael Gove is taking a leaf out of President Bush's book to create his own reality. - [But what about the kids?](http://clairebolderson.com/2013/01/but-what-about-the-kids/) - A survey reveals plunging teacher morale. Not surprising in these austere times but there's a lot more going on than grumbling over pay. - [Renewing the BBC](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/11/renewing-the-bbc/) - Lord Patten says it's time for a radical overhaul of the BBC's management. He's right so here's how the organisation can start to change - [The Playing Fields Myth](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/08/the-playing-fields-myth/) - How the political row over the sale of school sports fields is a red herring. We should be looking much more broadly at the funding of grass-roots sport - [Going for (Economic) Gold](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/08/going-for-economic-gold/) - A national vision and government investment has led to sporting success at the Olympics, should the same now be applied to the stuttering economy? - [Goodbye Bush House](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/07/goodbye-bush-house/) - The BBC World Service moves out of Bush House. Will big budget cuts and other changes in funding make survival difficult in its new home? - [Letter from Spain](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/06/letter-from-spain/) - The City of Barcelona organises a dance for its elderly despite the economic hard times - [Phailed School Policy? ](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/06/phailed-school-policy/) - The goverment's announcing a new national curriculum. It could contribute to the sense of worthlessness and failure some struggling kids already feel. - [The not-so-Big Society ](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/06/the-not-so-big-society/) - How the fragmentation of society under the guise of shrinking the state means government doesn't have to take responsibility or come up with a plan - [Posh Lunch: Social graces for social mobility](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/05/posh-lunch-social-graces-for-social-mobility/) - Children join their head teacher at a spcial lunch at South Malling Primary School. They are chosen for good manners and they learn social skills - [Looking for the “real” UK?](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/05/looking-for-the-real-uk/) - Going to a play in Newcastle-Under-Lyme leads to reflections on the dominance of London in all UK conversations about politics and finance - [The perfect public library ](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/05/the-perfect-public-library/) - why stoke on trent local service centre and library is a good example of what a public library could and should be as more and more face closure - [Ofsted and the teaching unions: The kids deserve a truce ](http://clairebolderson.com/2012/05/ofsted-and-the-teaching-unions-the-kids-deserve-a-truce/) ## Pages - [Home](http://clairebolderson.com/) - [Radio Journalism](http://clairebolderson.com/journalism/radio-journalism/) - ["Would That Work Here?" - Wednesday Debate with Claire Bolderson](http://clairebolderson.com/journalism/radio-journalism/would-that-work-here-wednesday-debate-with-claire-bolderson/) - 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