Utilities should never have been privatised, they are essentials not luxuries. Why should we pay more so the French pay less? Once again i hear him giving lump sums to child benefit claimants - when am i going to hear of help for the disabled, we get nothing year in year out, when is it our turn?

Zordana, Bucks, England

He should demand a higher rate of investment and increase our gas storage problem.

As usual he is going for the only two things he knows - taxing and spending.

Listen to us Brown - call an election

simon, nottingham, UK

Ah yes, a Carbon tax, and it'll benafit us... get a grip Brown.

It just goes to show there elitist mind set to think this kind of thing will work on "commoners".

They think we are just there slaves. We work for them, they tell us how much you can keep out of your wages and how much they want

Andrew Towell, Hartlepool, England, UK

Yep I agree, a thoughtless knee jerk reaction to get him back in favour with the voters. Not going to work!
Give me a grant to go totally off grid instead Brown One! I'll supply my own energy, not one that is taxed to the hilt and supplies shareholders with large windfall bonuses.

Lyn, London,

Instead of buying these overpriced permits, why not buy the EU carbon trading rights instead?

This is just a knee jerk from Brown, and will disapppear fwithout trace in a couple of days.

malcolm, London,

Why do some posts rush to grab the wrong end of the stick in their haste to climb aboard the bash Gordon charabanc? This is not about petrol and upstream oil & gas companies its about electricity and gas supply utilities who have enjoyed massive profits in the face of oil and gas price increases.

Rohan, Solihull, UK

Carbon Tax ? Yet another " Brown Blunder" in the making.
The sheer ignorance of the man. Petrol accounts for a small proportion of the overall profits.Most profits are made from upline products. A further tax will only increase prices.
This is a substitute for the 2p increase .

V Cooper, Somerset, UK

WINDFALL PROFITS.....bull,

nick flaker, ponca city, u s a