Customer choice in the provision of essential utilities makes no sense. Nationalisation of these industries serves the people of the country well.

Phillipa Partington, Bedford

I am fed up with being ripped off by these companies.

Terence Dare, Mansfield

Power to the little men and women.

Stuart Holden, Nottingham

It’s about time someone made the essential energy we all need a non-profit deal and made it affordable for all.

Philip Marchant, Llandysul

Energy should never have been privatised. We want it back.

Kevin Brown

The shameless boss of energy giant SSE is set to walk away with £15million as a golden goodbye, after his company was fined £4.5million for ripping off customers.

Alex Casale, London

It should never have been privatised in the first place.

Lorna Bramley, Penicuik

Energy for the public not profit.

James Graham, Croydon

The only concern I have is that the government can’t even run the country. How are they going to cope with anything else?

Frank Lane, Doncaster

We would be able to transition to a low carbon economy in a cheaper more intelligent way if we were in control of our power generation and distribution.

James Martin, Northwich

It’s about time the many stopped suffering, to line the pockets of the elite few.

Dean Forsyth, Southend

Nationalisation is best with no dividends to pay.

Margaret Evans, Sheffield

Public utilities should never be in private hands. Simple.

Alec Rivers, Folkestone

Stop the robbery. Give us back our power.

Keith Mitchell, Dunfermline

If shareholders’ profit was reallocated to fund development of sustainable sources of power it would vastly reduce the cost of living for many poor families.

Sheila Francis, Doncaster

Clearly nothing fundamental to life should be owned for profit.

Mike Bird, Llandudno

The energy industry is a public service and should be run as such, not for profit.

Eileen Dale, York

It’s about time the British people were helped by this government.

David Blandford, Nomansland

It’s time we stopped treating our neighbours as competitors, and for politicians playing the electorate off against each other. Let’s come together for the common good.

Steve Jarvis, Westbury

Energy generation should not be subject to the profit motive.

Kate Martinson, Southampton

It’s time that the people had control of these companies and paid fair prices, instead of being ripped off for huge profits and making poorer people suffer.

Lynda Rea, Ware

Maggie Sold off the taxpayers’ property without their permission, leading to the chaos and profiteering, substandard maintenance and horrendous price Increases.

John Price, Oakham

We only demand back what was once ours.

Jim Granter, Alsager

This will inevitably happen. In the future there will be wars over energy and we will all no doubt suffer.

John Birbeck, York

Utilities (power and water etc.) should be owned by the taxpayers who, after all, are subsidising private companies.

Margaret Gain, Stratford-upon-Avon

Power to the many in the hands of the many.

Bernie Lally, Northampton

Making profit from essential public services shouldn’t be allowed.

Ian Johncock, Gravesend

Put this resource back in the hands of the British taxpayer instead of foreign shareholders who do not care about people.

Joyce Watchorn, Chester-le-Street

Re-nationalise all the stuff that once belonged to us now.

Noel Smith, Fareham

Keep power prices down and cut down on dividends to shareholders.

Dorothy Joyce Cox, Poole