Meet Claire Coutinho
September 1, 2023
By Paul Homewood
Welcome to our new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero!
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Claire Coutinho
Does Claire have any expertise in energy maybe? Apparently not.
Still, she has worked as Corporate Responsibility Manager at KPMG, before becoming a SPAD.
Her most recent experience is as Under Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing.
So that’s alright then!
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
She is not so die hard pro NetZero and has the intelligence to be persuaded by evidence.
Yes but after the inevitable pile on she will be made as mad as a hatter to destroy society and enrich the already too rich!
Yet as “Corporate Responsibility Manager at KPMG”, she’s likely thoroughly immersed in the green blob.
Exactly
Yet as “Corporate Responsibility Manager at KPMG”, she’s likely thoroughly immersed in ………ESG
It’s not a prerequisite to have any experience the subject of your department. It’s also not practical to expect it and anyway it’s no guarantee of the minister being any good. What is required is some sort of ability to think for yourself and not toocblindly and unthinkingly follow whatever your advisors or the in situ civil servants tell you.
But you need sensible advisers and civil servants. There are none of those, as the civil service has been taken over by left-wing incompetents and the green blob.
a tesco shopping trolley might have a mind of its own, but a Conservative minister?. You are having a laugh……..
And spot the self interested – those whose reputations are at stake or who are salaried by the system or making money out of it.
She’s a banker and a close chum of Sunaks – not the competence you need for energy
Being Sushi’s mate is the only reason she was given the job as MP for where I live. I can assure everyone that I didn’t, and never will, vote for her. The bimbo was at our agricultural show on Monday as an alleged judge for some of the horse classes. You would almost think there is an election coming and that the Tories are so popular people would willingly tread in dogshit to avoid them that she needs to make these desperate public appearances.
But she’s got darkish skin and funny foreign surname. That’s all that counts nowadays!
She’s swallowed the whole ‘CO2 is evil’ nonsense, believes the planet is warming and is utterly clueless about what’s really behind the ‘Net Zero’. (CHINA)
Her degree was Maths and Philosophy. Not sure how much maths that includes, but at least she probably can add up.
No physics, electricity, engineering etc , so no strength in the practical stuff.
Apparently a bit of a sycophant with Sunak so will wait find out which way his wind is blowing before doing anything. And he will wait to be told what the polls say, which depend on the question and who gets polled.
Oh joy. That means she didn’t read PPE.
The (current) structure of the degree is here.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/course-listing/mathematics-and-philosophy
It looks pretty tasty to me; if she thrived in that she must be an able lass. That doesn’t preclude her wasting her abilities, I’ll admit.
Logic seems to be a subject studied in both parts of the degree.
Perhaps she is intelligent enough to understand that energy security and net zero are a contradiction in terms? But having accepted the promotion I doubt if it’s crossed her mind.
Carbon di-Oxy-moron seems appropriate for that department
Let’s wait and see. If Sunak is giving any thought to rowing back on net zero (or shale gas) a new SoS is the obvious first move. No point in complaining about the lack of scientific qualifications; MPs with those can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Everyone is entitled to an initial benefit of the doubt!
She is, however, according to the Telegraph, a net zero sceptic. So fingers crossed 🤞
They’ll soon rectify her thought processes – in 6 months she’ll be just another nut zero, EU loving shill selling us down a river of misery
I read the same in the DT this morning: According to Fraser Nelson, “Like Sunak, she’s wary of climate zealotry and mindful of the cost”. However, Sunak is supposed to believe in low tax! Although whatever she thinks the Tory problem is there’s around 150 climate warriors on the Tory benches.
Sushi has also claimed he is a conservative and we all know that is a lie having graduated from the World Empire of Fascism’s Hitler Youth programme.
RM, so is Sunak by his recent utterances – question is has he abandoned NZ ……nope, not yet – he might put that “pledge” in the Tory manifesto otherwise he still spouts AWG/CO2/NZ to appease the deluded from all quarters in the UK ..?
I know, I know. I’m probably clutching at straws, but the anti-ULEZ mobilisation of the middle classes surely gives them pause for thought. What’s £12.50 a trip compared to the cost (and subsequent inefficiency) of installing a heat pump. I’m telling you, I’ll be on the effing barricades if they don’t drop that one
It’s not a prerequisite to have any experience the subject of your department. It’s also not practical to expect it and anyway it’s no guarantee of the minister being any good. What is required is some sort of ability to think for yourself and not toocblindly and unthinkingly follow whatever your advisors or the in situ civil servants tell you.
And still we wait for anyone with that ability to become a minister…..
If she displays no pedigree to do that, at least her brave attempt would make a great synopsis for a BBC comedy…what was that you said, it’s already been done? Damn.
Just what we don’t need – yet another energy incompetent running our nations energy – in truth, her Dept will be run by the usual 23 year old activist SPADs who also know net zero about energy
I will do the job for half her salary & expenses – our nations energy would be quite safe, reliable, secure & affordable under my watch
She isn’t your problem. Government running your nations energy is.
Government is going to mess it up. Names will change, but nothing else will.
It’s not who your Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is, rather, it’s having a Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Get rid of the office, not the officer.
I chuckled when I saw the “related” articles, all 3 were featuring Claire Perry, now she was really dumber than dumb. Lets see what happens, must be better than the odious Grant Shapps.
Plus many for yr comment on Perry!
It’s time we got ride of this tired and useless government, but who the devil do we vote for?
David Wood
I have much liking for Andrew Bridgen of Reclaim following his exposure of the vaccine lies and his being hounding out of the Tory party so would vote for them should they appear on the ballot paper. Next up would be an independent but other than those challenging on very specific causes, Martin Bell etc. they have never won and you would need to check that they are not some some sort of leftie moron. And if all else fails, stay at home.
Read this https://www.reclaimparty.co.uk/manifesto
One big problem is that Tice & Co accept AWG/CC is an “thing” and Time has also been less than forthright on the debacle scamdemic of SARS COV2 and everything connected thereto….which makes him extremely difficult to support without reservations………..IOW can he be trusted? WHO knows….(NPI)
To 186no, my link was to Reclaim who have nothing to do with “Tice and co”.
From Reclaim Party Manifesto as I linked to above:
“There is no climate emergency.” How much more emphatic do you want it?
Hi Ray. I have just read the manifesto. Wow! Such refreshing reading. It is a shame that they probably won’t get the positive publicity that they deserve.
Originates from the correct geography for a position of seniority in Modern Britain too
Football fans will remember another member of Clan Coutinho who flourished only later to disappoint. We have yet to see whether she can do the flourishing bit. She’s a politician so the disappointing bit is inevitable.
I find it hilarious that we have a dept for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the latter half of the remit is designed to destroy the first half.
I feel sure that the title of the Department got garbled.
Anyone can see that it is actually The Department for Net Zero Energy Security.
I have been worried for some time about the extent of the brainwashing absorbed by young people, having nieces and a nephew in their mid twenties who look at me strangely when I suggest that questions always need to be asked regarding Climate Change and the Environment.
I was watching BBC South Today at the end of the week and there was an article on three lovely ladies, aged between 25 and 35, who were starting a “Regenerative Farm”. This would of course include diversity and respect for the environment etc etc. Then one of them said that the cattle they will have “will be trampling the ground and trapping the carbon, helping Climate Change …..”
Sadly, I suspect Claire Couthino’s knowledge on energy matters is about the same as Grant Shapps’ knowledge on defence- zilch!!
We will find out soon enough whether or not, like Grant Shapps, she is just another stooge for the Zero Carbon brigade.
Is there any politician who has the nous to stop the rot- sadly, the answer seems to be no!
With ‘I’ll say absolutely anything to become the next Prime Minister ‘ Sir Kier Starmer waiting in the wings to take control at the next General Election, the picture does not look like getting better anytime soon.
Will it be Grant Shapps or Michael Green that stands up for the UK military – or indeed any other the other avatars he may have assumed?
Oxford to the City to think tanks to Spad to MP.
“She hailed the U.K.’s status as a leader in offshore wind (“one of the most remarkable success stories in the U.K. today”); welcomed the “green measures” in the upcoming budget, and paid particular tribute to another of her East Surrey predecessors, Peter Ainsworth. Coutinho called him a green giant.”
I wouldn’t expect much from her as she’s another fast climber in politics (became MP in 2019) which indicates that she has been helped (chosen) in her rapid rise.
The green energy fiasco will continue until reality (blackouts) wakeup the politicians and renewables supporters.
Very few people outside independent scientists understand climate change. Net Zero is a totally unobtainable unnecessary concept which cannot have any positive effect. It is a political deceit to further totalitarianism which only benefits countries like China, Russia and India, to the detriment of the west.
” Very few people outside independent scientists understand climate change ”
I doubt if anyone fully understands why the climate changes.
“Errata”: apologies to all for conflating Reclaim with Reform, my mistake.
Beggars beleif. Her appointment and that of Shapps shows favour over experience by the PM. There were much better candidates with relevant experience. Shapps spent an average of 10 weeks in each of 5 positions in the last 12 months. How can you learn or make a difference in that timescale.
Shapps escapes just before the AR5 CFD auction results are due to be made public. An option would be to run the whole thing again using different parameters. How Countinho handles it will offer big clues for the future.
I dont think qualifications matter any more. I have two young people I know get jobs in two local council planning departments one as an enforcement officer and one as a planner. Neither has a clue about planning law.
Neither need law credentials. Both could work from training in procedures and processes.
Oh, I thought eroneously it would seem, that some Knowledge of the subject matter would have been important given the out comes of such matters, but you make a fair point.
Interesting early test for Claire. Will she continue with the latest stupidity from DESNZ or will she show some common sense? From the Telegraph online:- “Property owners who fail to comply with new energy efficiency rules could face prison under government plans that have sparked a backlash from Tory MPs.
Ministers want to grant themselves powers to create new criminal offences and increase civil penalties as part of efforts to hit net zero targets. Under the proposals, people who fall foul of regulations to reduce their energy consumption could face up to a year in prison and fines of up to £15,000.”
I have voted Conservative all of my life but going to jail for failing to update a house for net zero is ridiculous in fact insane so that my vote will go elsewhere.
With over 60% of properties hardly meeting existing insulation, mostly disadvantaged financially the jails will not be big enough, all for a dream whose country raises barely 2% of the earth’s carbon footprint.
Will she continue with the £20 Billion “investment” in Carbon Capture and Storage announced by Grant Shapps, if so what justification can she possibly give us.
Can she integrate e to the x?
Since “Net Zero” really has nothing to do with climate and will make no measurable difference in climate, her lack of energy experience is just fine. This is about posturing and virtue signaling.
Dear Paul Could I ask for your help?
I am over 80 and now find doing energy calculations difficult.
The Government says they have a target of 10GW of hydrogen by 2030.
Now I know that a GW of hydrogen makes no sense; it is like saying that the distance between 2 places is 30 miles per hour.
My request to you is to calculate the equivalent hydrogen to dollars/bbl of oil cost on the following assumptions.
Assuming we have a nameplate 1GW capacity from an offshore wind farm producing electricity at £100/MWh
Apply a load factor of 60% to this capacity and use this electricity to produce hydrogen by electrolysis at an efficiency of 70%.
This will give us an amount of hydrogen at a cost.
I would like to know what the cost would be, using the above assumptions, to produce the amount of hydrogen equal to one barrel of oil in energy terms?
My regards
Nick Dekker
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