I can never understand, why it is, that so many people erroneously believe -Rodney Best (Your Say November 17) appears to be one of them - that if our present voting system were changed our governments would be then held "to account".

And our politicians would then do our bidding - instead of their own.

And perhaps, much in the same way, that if and when our current voting system is changed, the likes of all those multinational companies who do not, at the present time, pay their fair share of tax (and never have) and operate in the UK, will suddenly change their corporate fiscal policy and pay up.

They will do what the vast majority of working people are compelled to do - pay their share of the tax burden month after month via PAYE. And as for the likes of "John Lewis, M&S and Argos"', well, if anyone thinks that these companies play by the rules, they'd better think again.

The only way anything will change and the only way to stop "massive tax avoidance", is to completely and radically overhaul the present financial system. Besides, it is pointless to keep asking "why our MP's do not close tax loopholes". They won't. After all, successive governments have had the opportunity to do exactly that for decades. They say they will, but in truth, most of them are part of the problem rather the solution. One reason why nothing ever gets done.

Lastly, Mr Best asks "how many billions the treasury is losing?". The last time I looked, approximately TWO TRILLION pounds are being 'sheltered' in tax havens by various companies and private individuals. Two trillion pounds that should have been taxed at source. But wasn't. Will this change? Of course not. And no amount of twiddling with voting systems and keeping things just as they are will alter that fact.

Andrew Martin.
Abbotsbury Road
Weymouth