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#ENERGY

Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband says Labour would look at "short term" nationalisation before putting struggling energy companies "back into the marketplace".

@Mikewhiting12 said: “Nationalisation is a pipe dream. Why not campaign for one price for all domestic gas and electric no more switching or expensive advertising which simply adds to the average price.”

@Dalton_towers replied: “You've just said nationalisation is a pipe dream, then described nationalisation. No point in having loads of energy companies that can only charge one price, because the point of the market is competition.”

@Ant94259086 posted: “There is another option. Have one state run energy company competing with others in market. This should provide a good benchmark on prices service etc.”

@Keithmi23809855 commented: “The ones that are going bust are not really energy companies, they are energy brokers. None of them generate any actual power.”

@kristianvanders agreed: “Good point. We need to nationalise the energy producers too and completely cut out these pointless middlemen.” @Largewlarge63 observed: This is what we did with the banks. We nationalised them after 2008, paid all the losses, and then they paid themselves all the profits. This cannot be the way forward.”

@shillock_paul added: “So, you want to nationalise them so they recover and then hand them back to private companies so they can continue to make profit?”

#GRETATHUNBERG

Greta Thunberg has defended the tactics of environmental activists who have blocked roads, saying “sometimes you need to anger some people”.

@policy_uk disagreed: “No. You fight the battle at the ballot box. This is how a democracy works. Not rule by the mob.”

@rxynwa1981 retorted: “Protests are only effective when they create an inconvenience to the public. Public anger drives change.”

@smoggiec posted: “From experience, annoying people isn't the best way to get them on your side.”

@dankicks83 added: “The only reason people are allowed to peacefully protest is that a peaceful protest is easily ignored.”