I used to work in the power generation industry when it was privatised by the Tory government and we said then it would not work. How right we were.

Yes, nationalisation would be great. The prices are crazy at the moment.

Thatcher’s legacy needs to be addressed.

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

Energy companies should be brought to task.

The shameless boss of energy giant SSE is set to walk away with £15million as a golden goodbye, after his company was fined £4.5million for ripping off customers.

Can we trust politicians to run anything? Heaven help us.

Privatisation has failed the people. These must be brought back under state control.

It’s high time we stood together for the good of the majority.

I have been saying we should re-nationalise the industry for years.

Today’s report on the great energy rip-off sums it up really; Switch continually or get overcharged. We are not the idiots they take us for.

This should never have been privatised.

Current events. Enough said.

private companies are more concerned about profits for shareholders than providing a service. This is inevitable if they want to attract investors.

More money for the rich and the poor suffer.

Power (back) to the people.

Supporting social ideals with collective responsibility.

It’s time to stop rich friends of the government ripping us off. Rail, water, gas, electricity and now the mail too.

In the interest of the people re-nationalise now.

The family silver has been sold. Now most of us have to suffer the consequences, apparently. Still, the front bench millionaires are happy, along with their city friends.

You know it is fair.

Public services for people not profit.

Energy should never have been privatised. We want it back.

Our natural resources should never have been privatised in the first place.

We need a power company that the country owns not companies run by profiteers.

The promise that privatisation would bring lower prices and a better service is as false with rail as with water, energy and soon the post.

Our energy infrastructure is a vital national asset. It is too important to be left in private hands and run for private profit.

How can something so vital for human life be used to make a few richer?

Public utilities for the public. Not massive profits for foreign companies while we freeze.

They should never have been sold off in the first place.