On a night that England’s footballers lost a meaningless match in the Ukraine that few people saw as it was only aired online via subscription comes news that the 2013 Ashes Series will be seen on free to air TV. The Daily Telegraph seems to suggest that this is partly a result of government ministers wanting to punish the evil Murdoch Empire for being commercial (actually for the Sun abandoning their support of Labour). That and it might win them some votes. Good news anyway.