Take back the assets that formerly belonged to the British people. They were fraudulently sold by Mrs Thatcher to the benefit of her friends in the Conservative party.

Tessa Bennett, Berwick-upon-Tweed

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

Alistair Ligertwood, Liverpool

Re-nationalise energy now.

Gary Smith, Milton Keynes

Energy generation should not be subject to the profit motive.

Kate Martinson, Southampton

I just want a reliable, fair, publicly-owned utility, not a never-ending cycle of chasing different suppliers to get good value.

Martyn Wilson, Farnborough

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

Becky Sherwood, Totnes

We have been ripped off far too long by corrupt government after corrupt government. It’s time the public voice was heard.

Mike McCleary, Highbridge

When the Tory government privatised utilities, they did not plan it out. It is a failed experiment which has only succeeded in making the man in the street suffer.

Paul Pearson, Shrewsbury

The privatisation of utilities and other national assets has been 30 years of failure and corruption. It should be stopped.

Jonathan Evans, Norwich

Re-nationalise all power and water companies now.

Len White, Coventry

Everyone who remembers the privatisation of utilities foresaw this happening. Re-nationalise now without compensation.

Tom Organ, Bristol

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

This cartel of foreign-owned utilities should be more accountable.

Bernadette Reid, Harrogate

All profit to be re-invested in the service.

Brian Billingham, Leeds

People who have a physical disability or learning disability and the elderly are most at risk with all the high charges.

Dorcas Munday, Wellingborough

Let’s get the utilities out of the hands of these greedy bastards. They should belong to the community at large.

Andy Wilkinson, Norwich

Re-nationalise all public utilities.

Mary Jackson, Doncaster

Why do people not shift away from the Big Six? If everyone did they’d soon think again about their prices.

Sheila Taylor, Sheffield

Prices are too high.

John Taylor, Guisborough

We don’t want more choice. We just want better service, of benefit to both individuals and companies, serving the economy as a whole, not just shareholders.

Peter Moss, Birmingham

Let’s start putting people before profit.

Philippe Lechat, Chatham

Privatisation wouldn’t have been so bad if the prices hadn’t been driven up so far so fast and the services degraded. Shareholders and businessmen are all greedy.

Sandra Humphries, Southsea

I agree with everything except the climate change bit. I just don’t believe Al Gore and the IPCC. I put my trust in honest men not cheats.

Richard Kent, Chard

The more of us unite and speak out the better.

Pippa Richardson, Swansea

Public utilities should be in public hands. It’s as simple as that.

Nick Jordan, Rickmansworth

End this farce. Too long the Big Six have worked together to increase prices.

Ryan Mercer, London

Energy is clearly not safe in private hands.

Caroline Charles, London

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

Chuck Elliot, Sheffield

Put this resource back in the hands of the British taxpayer instead of foreign shareholders who do not care about people.

Joyce Watchorn, Chester-le-Street

Charges are grossly disproportionate to costs. Stop these companies from becoming so powerful that it would become impossible to challenge them.

Marti French, Newton Abbot