Fred Thompson on the Economy

I've always had a soft spot for Fred Thompson; from his portrayal of a sympathetic, yet hard-nosed, District Attorney on Law & Order, to his self-deprecating humour during his short-lived election campaign, he always comes across as good-humoured and sincere. He is rightly generating some positive comment now with his judgement of the political response to the current economic turmoil, and his interpretation is equally relevant in the UK. (h/t Guido Fawkes).