BPIX show Tory lead of 14 points

There is a BPIX poll in the Mail on Sunday with voting intentions (with changes from their previous poll a fortnight ago) of CON 45%(-1), LAB 31%(+1), LDEM 13%(nc).

Again there is no significant change, despite the return to normal politics and the Osborne funding affair. However, it is a larger lead than most other polls are showing. The previous BPIX poll also showed a larger Tory lead: 16 points when other polls were showing their lead dropping to around 10 points.

In hindsight, having seen several other polls putting the lead at a lower level I had expected BPIX to come into line. It hasn't and unless random sample error just happens to have spat out two polls with unusually high Tory leads in a row, presumably there must be something in BPIX's methodology to explain the larger Tory lead. Since we don't have details of it though, it's impossible to delve any further.

The poll also asked about the BBC in the wake of the scandal over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's answerphone message to Andrew Sachs. 73% said they thought the current licence fee was unjustified. 88% said the call to Andrew Sachs was unacceptable, 66% thought Brand should have resigned, 60% thought Ross should have resigned.