Public services for people not profit.

Laurie Walmsley,

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

Simon Roberts, 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

It should never have been privatised in the first place.

Hywel Morgan, London

Big Six energy companies are a definite cartel. Let’s have a proper investigation into them. Ever since the utility companies were put in private hands prices have risen.

Mark Laidler, Doncaster

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

Diane Tsavalos, Liverpool

Because energy is too important to be left to the spivs.

Dave Waite, Lincoln

Let’s get back to pre-Thatcher era when we the people owned and reaped the benefits of public ownership. It’s only right.

Patricia Bull, Lewes

It’s time we stopped treating our neighbours as competitors, and for politicians playing the electorate off against each other. Let’s come together for the common good.

Steve Jarvis, Westbury

Governments have failed to correct this. We must.

Shirley Tunley, Aberystwyth

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

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

Re-nationalise and rationalise the energy sector. As long as companies can make a profit exploiting natural resources they will continue to do so.

Julia Callow, Bournemouth

Stop privatisation now.

Gavin Symes, Farnham

Power to the little men and women.

Stuart Holden, Nottingham

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

More power to your elbow. Something needs to be done to stop this profiteering on something that people rely on.

John Robinson, Lincoln

Privatisation of our infrastructure only works for those who worship the god of money.

Jonathan Price, Sheffield

It should never have been privatised.

Mark Finch, Bromley

I prefer the country’s energy supply in the hands of politicians and not capitalists, but the margin is very slight.

Maggie Lewis, Waltham on the Wolds

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

Energy for public good not private profit.

Brian Smith, Stockton Brook

Re-nationalise.

Paul Scotter, Norwich

It should never have happened in the first place. It just cost us all a lot of money. And for what?

Brian Cann, Yeovil

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

All energy should be state owned.

Kenneth Miller, Leeds

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

Where consumer essentials are concerned, profit adds to the cost. Re-nationalisation of power is necessary.

Jeanne Summers, Lowestoft

I’m fed up with the fat cat chairman making a mint while my bills still go up and up.

Michael Oram, Dorchester

Bring back the CEGB and area boards and not the private companies, mainly from abroad, fleecing the British taxpayers.

Alan Newstead, Eastleigh