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

John Ellison, Leicester

Capitalism or a planet – it’s one or the other.

John Freestone, Harrogate

About damn time. Let’s hope many more signatures follow.

Elvis Dutton, Bath

Gas and electricity is a ‘must commodity’ for everyone and should be re-nationalised asap, provided they are managed by competent experts in the respective fields.

David Johnson, Leicester

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

Crooks every one of them.

Glen Gibb, Dunbar

I do not believe that an essential national service is best placed in the hands of private corporations. It should be owned by and serve the interests of all.

Shaun Glossop, Nottingham

Let the voices of the people be heard.

Julian Bell, West Molesey

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

Colin Tarrant, Derby

They should never have been split up.

Susan Reineck, York

Re-nationalise all power and water companies now.

Len White, Coventry

All utilities should be publicly owned and run for the benefit of the public not shareholders, with profits ploughed back in for everyone’s benefit.

Anne Callaghan, Blantyre

Certain commodities should be owned by the people, for the people. Energy, public transport, water.

David Cunliffe, St Helens

Essential services should be nationalised services. If they want businesses to make money from private investors, they should issue bonds in the business.

Chris Hyde, Dunstable

Energy is crucial to a country and its population, so why let foreign companies make a profit out of it and aid their economies to compete unfairly with the UK?

John Cook, Llanybydder

It’s just common sense to run basic essentials in the public sphere and for the public good.

Chris Speedy, Leeds

All profit to be re-invested in the service.

Brian Billingham, Leeds

Power to the many in the hands of the many.

Bernie Lally, Northampton

Utilities need to return to public ownership. We’re being ripped off.

Mike Seaman, Uxbridge

Re-nationalise all energy.

Jennifer Gray, Bristol

Is it a service for the people to keep warm this winter or is it a business to make the profits bigger. If everyone stopped payment for one month they’d fail big time.

Stuart Wooldridge, Pontefract

Power is too important to be left to private business.

Toby Ray, London

Energy for the public, not for profit! Besides, if it makes a profit, surely this would be better invested in the country than in shareholders pockets.

Richard Robinson, Scarborough

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

John Faviell Taylor, Ripon

The sooner the energy companies are re-nationalised the better it will be for the customers.

Michael Gorbold, Cheshunt

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

Let’s take back what was stolen from us.

Rob Hamilton, Rotherham

Another privatisation for the benefit of the City and funders of the Conservative Party.

Malcolm Grant, Plungar

It’s time to end the experiment! Energy supply is too important to be left in the hands of the private sector!

Peter Whitehead, Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire

Public ownership is the only viable basis on which energy and public transport can be planned and developed in an integrated way, to combat climate change.

Liam McDill, Sandwick