I hate being held to ransom.

Diane Hibbert, Rainworth

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

Ian Johncock, Gravesend

All the fuel companies are rogues.

Maria Nelson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The reason we are annually held to ransom is to feed the grotesque profits of organisations that were taken away from us. They were ours, give them back.

Sara Smith-Petersen, Kettering

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

Susan Shaw, Barnsley

Restore security and sovereignty by restoring energy, utilities and transport to public ownership.

Simon Silvie, Barrow-in-Furness

Energy is a public resource. Surely it makes sense that its production and distribution is managed for the public good, not massive profit for a tiny minority of people.

Darrin Green, Horsham

The time is right to have our power back.

John Scholes, Maryburgh

It seems that the only way for us ordinary people to be heard is to join together. Here’s hoping for success.

Christine Hill, London

I was forced to debilitating depression and suicide by N-power’s false billing. My MP wrote to Voker Beckers and we have no reply a year on.

Garry Clarkson, Leeds

Our natural resources should never have been privatised in the first place.

John Faviell Taylor, Ripon

Sustainable, affordable and communal energy.

Jenny Rust, Bath

It is time to bring them back into state hands for the good of the many not a few shareholders

Len Smith, Shirebrook

Stop privatisation now.

Gavin Symes, Farnham

obviously privatisation has been a disaster. All the evidence is there. Thatcher was wrong. We need a proper left wing spokesman to highlight this.

Michael Lawson, Borehamwood

The recent price increases by the major energy companies prey on the most vulnerable members of society solely to boost already record high profits.

Gerald Halligan, Edinburgh

Dear British Gas, stop ripping me off.

Mike P Hodgson, Penrith

Everything should be publicly owned. The government has no say in the matter.

Mark Parry, Oswestry

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

Robert Nolan, Liverpool

We have sold off too many of our utilities that should be owned by the taxpayers. Water, Gas, Electricity are all owned by foreigners.

Barbara Cowle, Wirral

Allowing vital national infrastructure like this to be monopolised by a small number of multinational corporations is just madness. It always was.

Andrew Meredith, Chippenham

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

Our broad intervention strategies are: 1. Poverty eradication. 2. Food security and nutrition. 3. Health and population dynamics. 4. Education. 5. Gender Equality.

Professor Okullu-Ayor Vincent, Kampala, Uganda

Something must be done. They are all raking in extreme profits from us poorer people.

Nigel Rogers, Chester

I campaigned against electricity privatisation when I worked in the industry and served on the NEC of the Electrical Power Engineers’ Association. I am vindicated.

Ken Keable, Stoke-sub-Hamdon

Keep railways in public ownership – not producing profits to line a few pockets!

John Brady, Doncaster

Stop the Great British rip-off. Bring back utilities and transport into our ownership.

Dennis Archer, Arnold

End this farce. Too long the Big Six have worked together to increase prices.

Ryan Mercer, London

There are some services and utilities that are too important to be in private hands, energy, health, education amongst them.

Roger Payne, Harpenden

Bring back the CEGB. They would have solved the reduction of CO2 problem, got nuclear generation, got safe generation margins etc.

John Exon, Harrogate