Why can’t the government start its own energy company, undercut all the others and operate on a non profit making basis? Energy companies should not be in the hands of private investors, especially foreign ones. Water, another example of the ludicrous policy of putting essential services in the hands of profit seekers. The Tories will never put those companies into public ownership and Labour is too incompetent to make a decent job of it. Doesn’t it all fill you with optimism?

I just hope I don’t need a lawyer any time soon!