Nick Reid

Former London & Tokyo-based Japanese fund manager. Now tweeting from Edinburgh on politics, economics, history, food and day-to-day life in the New Town.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@mattwridley I’ve spent 10 mins looking at the GWIS website. The reason European burnt area so low this year is because of Russia. On average Russia accounts for 14.3 m ha of the 16.5 m ha burnt in Europe. This year Russia running at 25% of usual burn rate.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@edinhelp A traffic sign pole at the bottom end of India Street has been bumped into. It’s wobbly and thus a potential hazard to cars & pedestrians. Thanks.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@TheRestHistory The Japanese military could rival the European powers in the moustache department. This general spent time in St Anton learning Alpine mountain warfare techniques.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@maskeddave @MarinaHyde @richardosman As you mentioned Poirot why can’t the Bond films follow a similar arc and do remakes of the existing films either in historic time or updated to present date (as Cumberbatch updated Sherlock Holmes).

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@MerrynSW Interesting piece in Times about all the investment in Oxford, but I suspect this was all arranged 3 years ago.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@edinhelp The Christmas tree from Stockbridge market is now loose and blowing up and down the street by Franco Manca.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@VIVOBAREFOOT Why have you stopped doing the iconic ababa shoe ? I need to replace the pair I have been very happily wearing for the last three years.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret How can politicians expect everyone to alter their lifestyles for the common good when they don’t do so themselves. Green MPs not having heat pumps or electric cars, net zero proponents spending their year jetting around the world ?

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Why can’t a political party giving a clothing allowance to its leader (if such things are actually needed) rather than the clothes being paid for directly by a donor (who probably wants influence in return).

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@NavyLookout @HMSQNLZ @UKDefJournal Any update on sailing time ?

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory Would Franz Ferdinand have been able to rescind his morgantic marriage agreement once he had become Emperor ?

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@johnlewishelp Bosch tumble dryers. They have their door hinge on the right. Is it possible to reverse this so that hinge is on the left ? Thank you.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@MerrynSW @Matthew64715829 Notice how Labour (see latest theatrical play NYE) have taken all historical credit for creation of NHS rather than the Liberals (Beveridge).

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@Del_ivered @EdinReporter Meanwhile this morning in Edinburgh…..

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@PaulbernalUK @aljhlester Isn’t there a famous film about the Zulu Wars that is practically never off the telly.

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@MerrynSW @MartinG40588738 Always suspicious when the trust they use to explain this problem is a very obscure private equity trust. Why not just use a standard large cap equity fund if there is actually a problem with over counting fees ?

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@edinhelp I’m trying to renew my residents parking permit but when I log onto system it only shows an expired permit from a year ago and not my current permit (that expires end of Feb).

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@liversedge Very well thank you. Just stopped posting apart from the occasional foray. Still reading everyone else’s tweets though. It’s not quite the fun platform it used to be though…..

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

Auberon Waugh tells a story of the “eccentricity” of Sir Keith Joseph. They were sitting next to each other in a West End barber’s when Sir Keith suddenly leapt up and raced out mid-hair cut.

[Dominic Sandbrook @dcsandbrook]

Morning. A dramatic climax to @TheRestHistory's series on BRITAIN IN 1974.

Today: THATCHER ENTERS THE RING.

As the IRA target Britain's pubs, Wilson, Heath and Thorpe face a final showdown. Amid the gloom and chaos, one woman seizes her chance ...

🇬🇧 https://t.co/DKhOzSiykV

[Nick Reid @Shinsei1967]

@DickinsEdin I actually like the rusted planters (if planted with trees) but the benches are dreadful.