How can we boycott them?

Jean Fernandes, London

This is a strong possibility if we all stick together.

Ollie Abdullah, Essex

In the interest of the people re-nationalise now.

Kevin Ritter, Ebbw Vale.

Shame on a government which thrusts even more people into fuel poverty, while its MPs claim heating expenses for their second homes.

Glen Burrows, Bridgwater

Our privatised utilities are a joke. The very nature of this fragmented system has the effect of pushing up costs and the evidence of anti-competitive pricing is obvious.

Guy Falkenau, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

We need services run for citizens, not private profiteers.

Thomas Dunn, York

Price rises due to increased commodity costs are rapidly passed on in full by the Big Six to consumers. Cost reductions are not. They are exploiting the consumer.

Jeffrey Loffill, Knaresborough

Services for the people, not private profit.

Terry Down, Milton Keynes

Re-nationalise now.

Leslie Lomax, St Austell

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

John Hudghton, Buxton

Giving the private sector monopolies is the most stupid thing, amongst many, the Tories ever did.

Niall Clifford, Yeovil

The fact that the privatised energy companies can threaten the UK with blackouts has made the need for nationalisation more urgent.

Diane Tsavalos, Liverpool

I challenge the powers that be to demonstrate so much as a single benefit to consumers from Thatcher’s privatisation of the energy utilities. Just one?

Richard Trotman, Penistone

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

John Birbeck, York

This needs to happen.

Joseph Payne

Returning power ownership and production to the British people is the only way to guarantee cost and infrastructure control. Give power back to the people.

Tim Armstrong-Taylor, Kimpton

Public ownership is the only viable basis on which energy and public transport can be planned and developed in an integrated way, to combat climate change.

Liam McDill, Sandwick

Time to get rid of the energy racketeers.

Karen Johnson, Princes Risborough

Honesty and integrity. Be the first with these values.

Steve Brooks, Finedon

Utilities are too important to the public to be run at their expense for private profit.

Anthony Peter, Todmorden

Whatever excuses they come up with, its a cartel and that’s illegal.

Susan Shaw, Barnsley

I’m sick of these rip-off companies fleecing us.

Eddie Griffin, Borehamwood

Why do people not shift away from the Big Six? If everyone did they’d soon think again about their prices.

Sheila Taylor, Sheffield

Let’s get back to how it was – a more fair society.

Hazel Willmer, Barnsley

Free market capitalism is not the best way for everything and is certainly not the optimal philosophy for providing essential services to a country’s population.

Cristian Gurran, Rotherham

All this tinkering around the edges of a corrupt system and empty threats to indifferent power companies is meaningless. Re-nationalise now.

Mark Dickson, Hebden Bridge

De-rail the current gravy train. Too many bosses and not enough productive staff.

Robert Nolan, Liverpool

Start with the railways, then re-nationalise gas, water and electricity. Hands off the Royal Mail too!

Iain Logan, Liverpool

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

Andy Wilkinson, Norwich