My morning at Downing Street

Ted Burke

26 March 2012

What better place for an environmental campaigner to spend a beautiful spring morning than Downing Street itself? That's where I found myself today handing in a Final Demand petition to David Cameron.

I'd never been to Downing Street before so was pretty excited. As we stood outside No.10, our box packed with more than 30,000 signatures calling for an end to the Big Six energy companies' dominance, I was taking it all in.

It was fun just being there. I got a genuine buzz when the famous door opened and we handed over the box.

"We'll make sure he gets this," said the official on duty.

As I thanked him I felt a tremendous pride in being the bearer of the signatures collected during 6 months of the Final Demand campaign.

Friends of the Earth invited me along as a local group member who's campaigned hard for a shift of power away from the Big Six. I signed the petition because I'm angry that a few big energy companies control 99% of the UK market, making billions in profit selling us expensive, dirty fuels.

We need urgent action now to stop the Big Six killing off clean British energy suppliers.

Seeing my name alongside thousands of others made me realise there's a tremendous and inspirational appetite for change.

It's over to David Cameron now to take on board what tens of thousands of people are demanding.

I hope he listens to what we want - an end to the energy rip-off and genuine Government support for clean energy providers. I'll be looking forward to his response.

In the meantime you can check out some of the photos from my big day out.

Ted Burke, Greenwich and Lewisham Friends of the Earth

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