Heating and hot water should not be for commercial gain.

Pam Robinson, London

It should never have been privatised.

Mark Finch, Bromley

Re-nationalise and invest profits instead of paying out to shareholders.

Wilfred John Barker, Wigton

The attempt to create an artificial market in energy supply has demonstrably failed. It is broke so let’s fix it.

Rik Alewijnse, Feering

Energy is too important to be a wealth provider for shareholders of private companies.

Shan Oakes, Beverley

These energy companies are like a mafia, using the consumer as a cash cow. The Government doesn’t want to do anything to stop it because half the MPs are shareholders.

Lynne Campbell, Co. Durham

There are those that can and those that cannot heat their homes. I’m for supporting and speaking up for those that can’t.

Mitch James, Bristol

It’s about time these companies were punished. They’re absolutely disgusting, the lot of them.

Garry Boyle, Brentwood

With this bunch of bully-boys in power, the campaign for re-nationalisation based on cold hard numbers, highlighting how we’ve lost out is needed more than ever.

Peter Burns, Newport

Privatisation drives up prices and drives down quality.

Jennie Cummings-Knight, Cromer

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

Dennis Archer, Arnold

It’s plain common sense.

Roger Dickings, Peterborough

Profits from utility, bus and rail companies should be ploughed back into infrastructure, not shareholders” pockets.

Jeremy Hoyte, Oswestry

Give the people their utilities back. They’re too important for the privateers to own.

Michael Burt, Plymouth

Prices increase every year and service standards drop. We need to reverse this trend for a fairer Britain.

Margaret Blackman, St Albans

Start with the railways, then re-nationalise gas, water and electricity. Hands off the Royal Mail too!

Iain Logan, Liverpool

Profit is not a dirty word – all businesses need it to survive, but what we have with the energy companies is pure unvarnished greed.

David John Briggs, Southend-on-Sea

Give us decently priced fuels.

Sheilagh Merrett, Windlesham

Bring back British Rail and the water, gas and electricity.

Paul Taylor, Bristol

We need to get back to a point where basics such as heat and light are affordable to all. People before profit.

Stephen Hurrel, Glasgow

I despair when we have sold off our national assets, from rail to energy to water to money.

Alistair Ligertwood, Liverpool

Re-nationalise.

Paul Scotter, Norwich

It is immoral for individual and corporate fat cats to profit so obscenely from peoples’ need simply to stay warm. All energy companies should be renationalised now.

Judith Maizels, Bushey

We need cheaper fuel.

Susan Rogers, Whalley Range

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

Light and heat are basic human needs and profits should not be made from their provision.

Brian Hoey, Houghton-le-Spring

Privatisation of Britain’s public services has been a disaster for consumers, the environment and the economy.

Jim Dignan, Sheffield

I’m just sick of being ripped off by these greedy power companies.

Gillian Hawkins, Poole

Re-nationalise all the stuff that once belonged to us now.

Noel Smith, Fareham

You know it is fair.

Susanna Rance, Plymouth