Six of the Best 17

1. From Liberal Democrat Voice comes news that 25 Lib Dem PPCs have signed a letter asking the party's parliamentarians to reconsider their position on the Digital Economy Bill.


2. Heresy Corner gives a respectful hearing to Damian Green's speech on civil liberties to the ResPublica think-tank.


3. "If the BBC were to restructure itself according to public service broadcasting principles it would abolish BBC3 (£115m a year for a pile of crap), privatize Radio 1 and possibly Radio 2 , and stop paying huge salaries for “talent” - though the fact that Anne Robinson gets £3m a year suggests this word is used very elastically." Stumbling and Mumbling, as usual, is spot on.


4. Wartime Housewife celebrates Ladybird Books, as this blog has done in the past, and provides today's illustration.


5. Is Lord Ashcroft the British Berlusconi? Blood and Treasure thinks so.


6. World Cup Blog looks at last night's international: "Peter Crouch came off the bench and scored twice, thereby surely booking himself a definite seat on the plane to South Africa (though I feel sorry for whoever’s sitting in front of those long legs). James Milner’s brief but effective appearance in midfield should also have been enough to make his summer plans official too."