BBC myopia

They appear to ignore the emergence of the SSP and the Greens in the Peter Snow swingometers.

If they agree that Scotland is now a six-party system, why do they lump the SSP and Greens amongst the Others?

Also, what is it about victorious candidates that they have to thank the telling staff and police, in the way that the best man or the groom has to thank the people involved in the wedding?