New polling on BBC, as we prepare to protest this evening
New polling commissioned by Campaign Against Antisemitism and conducted by YouGov shows that 57% of the British public back an independent investigation into the BBC Gaza film scandal; only 21% do not.
A majority of the British public do not trust the BBC to investigate themselves.
Campaign Against Antisemitism will be demonstrating at the Broadcasting House at 19:00 this evening.
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “The BBC has allowed licence fee money to go to the family of a Hamas terrorist in the production of what was essentially a Hamas propaganda film. The majority of the British public now backs our call for an independent investigation.
“The BBC is trying to pretend that it is business as usual while hoping to get away with an internal report, but the British public is having none of it and does not want the BBC to mark its own homework. That is why we want the licence fee to be suspended pending an independent investigation into this scandal and the wider issue of the BBC’s glaring bias.
“It is unconscionable to force people to pay a licence fee that pays for biased reporting and has now even been handed to the family of a terrorist.”
Full polling results
“Last month the BBC pulled a documentary about Gaza after it was revealed that the narrator was the teenage son of a Hamas official. Do you think there should or should not be an independent investigation into how this came to happen?”
- Definitely should 31
- Probably should 26
- Probably should not 14
- Definitely should not 7
- Don’t know 23
- TOTAL SHOULD 57
- TOTAL SHOULD NOT 21
“Last month the BBC pulled a documentary about Gaza after it was revealed that the narrator was the teenage son of a Hamas official. How much, if at all, would you trust the following to investigate how this happened?”
The BBC themselves?
- A lot 6
- A fair amount 22
- Not very much 26
- Not at all 32
- Don’t know 14
- TOTAL A LOT / FAIR AMOUNT 28
- TOTAL NOT VERY MUCH / AT ALL 58
OfCom?
- A lot 12
- A fair amount 37
- Not very much 23
- Not at all 10
- Don’t know 18
- TOTAL A LOT / FAIR AMOUNT 49
- TOTAL NOT VERY MUCH / AT ALL 33
Fieldwork
Polling was conducted by YouGov plc, with frieldwork undertaken on 4th – 5th March 2025 with a sample size of 2,147 adults in GB.
The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+). YouGov are a member of the British Polling Council and abide by their rules.
You can find the full results here.
