Molly Kiniry

Studying the history of East African trade @CamEcSocHist. @LegatumInst, @Telegraph alum. Wandering ex-Republican, wonk, winner of 1st annual #tradevalentines

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

‘If you have ever seen somebody making concrete in a concrete mixer… it expands and it grows, so you can actually make it grow.’ - Mike Graham

[Mike Graham 🇬🇧 @Iromg]

You do wonder if Americans are the thickest people on the planet

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“Shaped by the post–Cold War decades of globalization, British foreign policy has found itself unprepared for the rise of autocracy and the combustible new conflicts that have come with it,” writes Minister for Security @TomTugendhat.
https://t.co/u2vJUd15vm

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

After seven years as a transatlantic transplant, pretty well every word of this resonates - very much worth a read

https://t.co/4cYS7fHW96

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

One line from this really stood out.

"The average pensioner has a higher income than the average worker."

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Rep Liz Cheney (R-WY) tonight: “Two years ago I won this primary with 73% of the vote. I could’ve done so again. The path was clear. But it would’ve required that I went along with President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election”

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

We’ve hit the ‘cut from the script of Idiocracy for being too outlandish’ stage of Republican discourse

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Kari Lake says Desantis has ‘BDE,’ (Big Dick Energy), the same kind of BDE that Trump has. “He has the same BDE that we want all of our leaders to have.”

[Guy Miscampbell @guymiscampbell]

A wider point - whoever takes on Starmer in #GE2024 needs to be across the the things people actually care about.

@TomTugendhat is the only one who has talked properly and seriously about Health, Crime, Levelling up.

If we don't reflect the public's priorities, we cannot win.

[Opinium @OpiniumResearch]

🚨BREAKING - SNAP DEBATE POLL🚨

Tonight we asked over 1000 normal voters to watch the debate and we have just asked them who they thought performed best.

Results:
Tugendhat 36%
Sunak 25%
Mordaunt 12%
Badenoch 12%
Truss 6%

[James Kirkup @jameskirkup]

I've known Tom Tugendhat for almost 25 years, so I've written about my friend here.
This isn't about his politics. It's about his character. When he talks about wanting to serve, he means it.
https://t.co/KEtnejcW27

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

@AllieRenison https://t.co/shGEb79M51

:)

[Mike Baker @ByMikeBaker]

Student calls to 911:
12:03—whispered she's in room 112
12:10—said multiple dead
12:13—called again
12:16—says 8-9 students alive
12:19—student calls from room 111
12:21—3 shots heard on call
12:36—another call
12:43—asks for police
12:47—asks for police
https://t.co/CzkuF1llq1

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

I had these drills every month or two from primary school, after Columbine (1999). Literally nothing has changed

[Zara Rahim @ZaraRahim]

insane how the only notable change since Sandy Hook is that kids are now formally trained to hide, barricade doors, fight, or run for their lives. that was the solution. to literally put the responsibility on them to figure it out and wish them luck.

[ABC News @ABC]

“Why are you here?!"

A furious Sen. Chris Murphy demands answers from senators following Texas school shooting.

“Why do you spend all this time running for the United States Senate...if your answer, is as the slaughter increases, as our kids run for their lives—we do nothing?”

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

Perhaps because this is a seriously creepy thing to do to anyone, including politicians

[Eye Spy MP @eyespymp]

David Lammy unimpressed with being papped on Victoria Line.

[Alex Muresianu @ahardtospell]

"We need to stop the DC elites" my brother in Christ you live here and host cocktail parties

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

@BronwenEverill Kweli?! Hongera :)

[Justin Sandefur @JustinSandefur]

Remember the Doing Business index?

Yes, it died. Mostly due to the Kristalina Georgieva cooking the books for China thing.

But data manipulation aside, was DB actually good for development?

🧵

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

@ukhomeoffice rolled out an app last year to re-verify biometric data previously collected for intl students, so we could skip in-person visa appts.

Why can't Ukrainians who've previously handed over fingerprints/iris scans do the same?

[Molly Kiniry @mollykiniry]

‘Oh but we like immigrants like you, Molly’ 🙄

[Tomide @tomadesanmi]

If someone hates a group you belong to and says you're the exception, don't believe them.