I agree fully with your comments.

Abigail Wheeler, Cheltenham

Privatised energy is not serving the consumer; only the energy companies and their shareholders. Nationalise energy now.

Chuck Elliot, Sheffield

Power to the people.

Andrew Wilkes, Cardiff

Electricity and gas are now a vital part of our everyday lives. It is morally wrong to profit from something the people are so dependant on.

Jack Grout, Huddersfield

Profiteering on this scale should be illegal. It’s the unacceptable face of capitalism and must be stopped.

Adrian Potts, Leicester

Energy, rail and health are strategic resources that should be government controlled. We’ve already got health, so there are two to go.

Jim Roche, Leeds

Return to public ownership for the people’s benefit.

Paul Geraghty, Warrington

Utilities should never have been privatised in the first place. Please, re-nationalise for the sake of the British people.

Christian Chess, Chippenham

Privatisation has been bad for everybody apart from the very rich. The country has gone to the dogs since things were privatised.

Ken Horn, Swadlincote

Supporting social ideals with collective responsibility.

Mark Atkinson, Hastings

The experiment of privatised energy has failed beyond a reasonable doubt. It claimed competition would deliver the most affordable prices.

Arete Tssiktsa, Salisbury

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

It should never have been privatised.

Mark Finch, Bromley

I want to own what belongs to me, and what has been stolen from me.

Stella Haynes, Market Harborough

It was, will be and is the property of those who are the property of this land. Let’s manage it so users, planet and the power industry workers get what they need.

Kay Green, Hastings

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

The millions in profits should be used to keep prices down, not line the pockets of directors and shareholders.

Brendan McAlinden, Warrington

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

Ian Johncock, Gravesend

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

Niall Clifford, Yeovil

We may as well bring it back into public ownership as taxpayers are paying for it anyway.

Bob Dennett, Lytham

I am fully in favour of re-nationalising the power industry and the railways.

Paul Ellerington, Bedford

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

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

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

Jonathan Price, Sheffield

Another public asset stolen from the people.

John Payne, London

I have three kids and cannot afford to heat the house for them. It’s ridiculous that these power companies think it’s acceptable to charge the amount they do.

David Wilson, East Kilbride

Nationalisation is best with no dividends to pay.

Margaret Evans, Sheffield

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

Privatisation has proved not to be in the interests of the nation. Competition has not resulted in companies vying to please customers, but in a self-interested cartel.

Susan Henderson, St Albans