NFU Cymru council re-elects new President and Vice-President

Jeff, I'm afraid I have to ardsgiee with you. When talking about geographical differences, I don't think the size of the constituency is really relevant. Looking solely at the location of SNP constituencies, it is clear that the further north you go, the more likely the SNP are to win.If anything, this is even more clear-cut in the list vote. In the , you can literally draw a line from the north of Fife past the Ochil Hills then west to just north of Glasgow beyond which literally no-one but the SNP won' (save for Orkney and Shetland). By my reckoning, that makes 18 constituencies in a large area where the SNP counts on much of its support.South of that line you enter Labour country. Yes, there are SNP seats here, but the point is that the central belt is still overwhelmingly Labour (or at least it was in May 2007 maybe not so much now).Meanwhile, there are also at least two central belt seats Falkirk West and Ochil that the SNP won in the FPTP election but lost' in the list vote.No, it's not clear-cut, but neither is the border between England and Scotland so clear-cut either. Tories win seats in Scotland and Labour also get plenty in England.I just think it is a bit disingenuous to say the least that the SNP do not at least recognise that regional differences exist within Scotland while they exaggerate the differences between Scotland and England. To have such regional pockets of support is a reality in almost every democracy, I would have thought.