I’ve worked all my life, contributing to our state systems, to find that now, aged 73 and living alone, I sit wrapped in a blanket, trying to keep warm. What life is this?

The time has come for the downfall of the greedy Big Six, who are more than content to leave pensioners to freeze to death in their homes should they dare to eat vs heat.

End this disastrous privatisation.

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.

Re-nationalisation of all utilities.

Give us back our freedom that our parents fought for and stop ripping us off.

For profit’ is always likely to place profit before social considerations.

The millions in profits should be used to keep prices down, not line the pockets of directors and shareholders.

The only way to stop the profiteering rip-off that is perpetrated by the private utility companies is to bring back all of them under the public wing.

This and every other essential utility should be returned to public ownership.

Public utilities should be in public hands. It’s as simple as that.

Can we trust politicians to run anything? Heaven help us.

Re-nationalise energy and let’s have it work for the public once again and not the greedy shareholders and energy companies.

It’s necessary.

The supply of a universal commodity, such as energy, should be run on a non-profit basis.

We were conned by the Conservatives. Profiteering at public expense by these cartels is evident. We must have not-for-profit railways and all utilities.

Utilities should be in public hands and not those of profit-seeking, and often foreign, owners.

Enough is enough with no pay rises and the energy companies just milking us. It’s time that fuel came back into public ownership.

I’d rather subsidise my fellow citizens than a bunch of fat cats.

Return to public ownership for the people’s benefit.

It should be back under one ownership, like it used to be. British gas is now owned by the French.

All utilities should be under state control, in order to control prices and ensure supply whilst cutting out fat cat profiteering.

We need a power company that the country owns not companies run by profiteers.

We don’t want more choice. We just want better service, of benefit to both individuals and companies, serving the economy as a whole, not just shareholders.

The energy rip-off needs to end now.

Energy is clearly not safe in private hands.

It’s about time we stopped foreign countries buying into us and ripping out our roots.

I’ve made the first step by ditching the big companies. I’ve moved my account to Co-operative energy, the first step to bring excessive profits back to members.

This petition should highlight the need for more social responsibility to be shown by this selfish and one-eyed government.

All vital public services such as energy, water, transport, postal services, education and health have no place being run for profit by tax-dodging multinationals.