I want public utilities in state hands, not those of corporations.

Dennis Pearce, Hampton

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

The energy companies are ripping us off in order to make fat profits. This is wrong.

Colin Anderson, Dunstable

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

It should never have been privatised in the first place.

Lorna Bramley, Penicuik

It’s plain common sense.

David Burn, York

Re-nationalised power could act as a flywheel for the economy. Nationalised power could provide jobs, training, economical energy for business and private individuals.

Paul Thomas, Heanor

Tell Sid he’s a thief.

Ray Butler, Manchester

Nationalisation is for the benefit of the vast majority of the British people.

Elizabeth Burling, Barnet

Power to and for the people. Let’s move society forward.

Martin Catchpole, Ipswich

All energy should be state owned.

Kenneth Miller, Leeds

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

Power supplies are too important to leave privateers in control.

Fred Torr, Truro

To be warm is a basic human right, like a roof over your head – and education and health care.

Scilla Allen, Shoreham-by-Sea

It’s time to take back what’s ours.

Brian McCaig, Renfrew

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

Let’s pull the plug on the fat cats.

Roger Allen, London

Enough is enough. People first, not profit.

Michael Shaw, Saddleworth

Time to get rid of the energy racketeers.

Karen Johnson, Princes Risborough

Life is too short.

Sara Hall, London

Gas and electricity were once in public ownership and ran without problems of profit making. They should be returned to public ownership.

Anthony Hook, Chesterfield

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

Certain commodities should be owned by the people, for the people. Energy, public transport, water.

David Cunliffe, St Helens

The ridiculous greed of all energy companies and their suppliers must stop. We must also find ways of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels without it costing the earth.

H Moon, Brighton

Get back to sanity.

Norman Wall, Wallsend

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

Terence Dare, Mansfield

People dying due to profiteering and government indifference is nothing short of corporate manslaughter.

Malcolm Palfrey, Uckfield

The power companies were stolen from the people. Repossess them immediately.

Peter Swindells, Wolverhampton

This needs to happen. The greedy capitalists have taken the rug from under us and left fellow members of our nation with the difficult choice of heating or eating.

Chris Yates, Northwich

The Big Six are corporate thieves.

Geoff Lange, Gosport