Re-nationalise, run the power supplies as a service, not a way of making a few richer while the majority struggle to pay the bills. Any profit made is kept in the country.

David Treasurer, Canterbury

The time is right to take back the industries into public hands for benefit of the public.

George Hill, Corby

These industries should never have been privatised in the first place.

Douglas Linaker, Penzance

Give back something I used to own, which was sold without my permission.

Ken Cooke, St Austell

Why employ all these different salespeople trying to give me a different price for the same product? Have one nationalised provider and keep prices low for everybody.

David Willey, Ayr

This country should by now be secure in the provision of clean, renewable, affordable energy. It is the shame of recent governments that we are not.

Christine De-Pulford, Frome

Privatisation has not worked for the majority of people.

Yvonne Gibbins, Grantham

Power for the people and to the people – people power. as John Lennon put it – Love and Peace.

Pete & Nikki Perry, Stevenage

It should not have been sold off in the first place. It only lined the pockets of Tories’ friends and masters.

Eric Woodruff, Lytham St Anne’s

Dear British Gas, stop ripping me off.

Mike P Hodgson, Penrith

I support the dream but has anyone any idea of the cost of re-nationalising?

Rob Seed, Worcester

Energy for the public, not for profit! Besides, if it makes a profit, surely this would be better invested in the country than in shareholders pockets.

Richard Robinson, Scarborough

Privatisation has not worked.

Lynne Richardson, Hucknall

Re-nationalise.

Paul Scotter, Norwich

The Big Six are corporate thieves.

Geoff Lange, Gosport

Our utilities should not be in private hands.

Ian Dargo, Bromley

Tell Sid he’s a thief.

Ray Butler, Manchester

Re-nationalise the energy and power industries and make government answerable to the people.

Robert Rudge, Glaston, Rutland

Let private investment take the risk for HS2 and use the capital to re-create a national energy network.

John Hudghton, Buxton

Privatisation has proved not to be in the interests of the nation. Competition has not resulted in companies vying to please customers, but in a self-interested cartel.

Susan Henderson, St Albans

The utilities should never have been privatised. Reverse the bad decision now.

Jenny Embleton, Brighton

Let’s get the utilities out of the hands of these greedy bastards. They should belong to the community at large.

Andy Wilkinson, Norwich

This is very important – do not ignore the voices of your people.

Simon Roberts, London

We need to get back to a point where basics such as heat and light are affordable to all. People before profit.

Stephen Hurrel, Glasgow

Putting food on the table is hard enough without worrying about the cost of cooking it.

Sean Barlow, Chester

We are being ripped off, have been for ages and we need to put it right once and for all.

Alison Oxley, Pickering

Sustainable, affordable and communal energy.

Jenny Rust, Bath

We need clean, green, renewable, non-nuclear energy, non biomass energy produced as much as possible close to the user with many more home producers.

Roy St Pierre, Colne

Why don’t they learn?

Daniel Rolles, Dartford

One of the evil things the Tories did was privatisation.

Martin Webb, Goole