Just to add my comments:
Firstly *blimey* was that an absolutely nail biter or what...?!
Secondly, however, even if (and hopefully we will!) we win the Ashes, I think what this series has demonstrated is that the England team *still* don't hold up well under pressure.
Consider:
1) Australia need to bat out the day and not lose all their wickets - They do so with dogged determination despite some very hostile treatment.
2) England need just over a hundred runs to win, they've got 10 wickets in hand, plenty of time and what happens? They fall to pieces and, frankly, barely scrape home.
The Aussies simply *DO NOT QUIT*, they will fight tooth and nail for every run, every wicket and take every chance open to them, but the English go to pieces.
IMO (and speaking *as* an Englishman!) for sheer determination, the Australians deserve to keep the Ashes.