Show 397. Claire Coutinho

Claire is the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy, Climate Change and Net Zero, having been Secretary of State in the last Conservative government... and she's changed her position on Net Zero. In this candid and entertaining interview, she tells us why she's changed her mind and her frustrations with the system. Claire also talks about having to confront her own mortality after the traumatic birth of her son and what it's done for her outlook on life. Plus, freedom of speech, class, race and everything else going on in politics at the moment. It's a classic. THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE 20 April: Shabana Mahmood 11 May: Lewis Goodall SIGN UP to Matt's mailing list to get free audience tickets to his Radio 4 series: SEE Matt's brand new stand-up tour 'Defying Calamity' across the UK: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Show 397. Claire Coutinho is an episode from The Political Party by The Political Party.

This episode is 49:54 long.

This episode was published on Apr 6, 2026.

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