People should not have to choose heating over eating.

Jimmy Murray, London

Privatisation instead of state monopoly was meant to lead to competition and lower prices for consumers. This hasn’t happened and rich bosses make even more profit.

Patricia Borlenghi, Manningtree

This is our right; We have paid ten-fold for the energy infrastructure. It is time it is returned to its rightful owners – the people of Britain.

Karshan Moodley, London

It’s time for action. People need heat and light to survive.

Paul Clarke, Glasgow

In the interest of the people re-nationalise now.

Kevin Ritter, Ebbw Vale.

Everything has been said. I, like many others, am tired of corporate business profits being placed before the genuine need of the British people.

Stella Davies, Wrexham

Stop robbing your customers. How dare you raise the cost of your customers’ ordinary living expenses. You are making millions, if not billions, out of us. Shame.

Valerie Tucker, Ebbw Vale

All makes sense to me. Do it now.

Matt Haskins, London

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?

Vivienne Gunning, Swansea

Needs to be joined together to give a combined, united service.

Robert Webster, Cambridge

It is about time it was re-nationalised.

Paul Baker, Winsford

Private profit should never have been put before public service.

Clive Rutter, Bristol

Profits before people must stop.

Daniel Holt, Bournemouth

I’m sick to death of stupid and corrupt politicians making rubbish decisions. We must have independence.

John Lynch, Pudsey.

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

Diane Tsavalos, Liverpool

Prices are too high.

John Taylor, Guisborough

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

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

John Lee, Taunton

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

Above inflation price rises year on year is simply not sustainable. This is sheer profiteering. The companies can see that their days are numbered.

Matthew Allen, Portsmouth

Services by the people for the people. Bring the energy and water companies back into public ownership.

Gareth Brown, Rugby

I really wish you good luck in this campaign, because everything in the UK is being privatised.

Matthew Saunders, Barnet

We need services run for citizens, not private profiteers.

Thomas Dunn, York

Power production should be for us all and not for private profit.

David Weston, Bodmin

Time for re-nationalisation of the energy industry. Consumers should come first, not a bunch of faceless shareholders who put their own profit first.

John Reilly, Glasgow

We need services which operate for the benefit of the public, and the ability to re-invest money without losing it to shareholders.

Robert Charlesworth, Carlisle

Time to repair the damage the last Tory government did. I wonder if they are brave enough?

Jon Scott, Stockton

Why don’t they learn?

Daniel Rolles, Dartford

Give us our power back and allow us the means to produce our own energy on a community basis without the political constraints of large corporations.

Tom Rickman, Penzance

Regulator as much good as a chocolate teapot.

Steven Hearne, Doncaster