Hester Gikas

Likely to be found watching a cooking challenge, paint by numbers or drinking South African wine. Big loves are my Husband, two baby boys 💙🧸Views are my own.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Denmark is better than the USA in every way.

[Mrs Fox 🕊️ @CaliforniaFrizz]

This is Frank and he has had a coffee stand at the top of the steps at Bethnal Green tube for as long as I can remember.

When the new restaurant/coffee shop next door opened along with another high street outlet opening across the street, Frank suddenly found that his license from the council had been revoked and he was chucked off his stand.

I believe it was to make way for these new shops to take his regular custom. They didn’t need him in the way of gaining maximum profit... so Frank was gone.

Well the locals were having none of it and a petition started demanding his return.

How dare they do this to him.
How dare these people smash his business and leave him with nothing.

After a lot of pressure the council backed down and Frank had his licence and pitch returned to him but sadly by that time Frank had sold his equipment to feed his family and try to survive.

So the good people of Bethnal Green started crowdfunding and here’s the result... Frank back in business on his old pitch with brand new equipment and even a little hut now to shelter him from the rain... Brilliant!!

He is truly the happiest man in East London and it’s wonderful to see.

It really does show that if we all stick together, stand up to them and just say no... the little guy can win.

If you’re in Bethnal Green come and have a coffee with this lovely man. 🧡

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

So 600,000 children go to private schools and two million children go hungry. But Britain subsidises private school fees instead of free school meals.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

A Junior Doctor can buy a single sandwich for £3 in the hospital cafeteria and has to pay.

A MP can get British Beef and potato paprika goulash for £3.19 and then make you pay.

They also get free parking and Junior Doctors pay £1300.

I know who deserves a pay rise.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

More than 1,600 GP surgeries have closed or merged in England alone since 2013. Bear that figure in mind when Sunak promises '100 new GP surgeries'.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

NHS staff are not failing, they have been failed for 13 years

Please RT if you agree

[OUTA @OUTASA]

This is who we, South Africans, are at heart. Don't let politicians tell you differently.
#ThingsToRememberWhenVoting

[Premier Alan Winde @alanwinde]

🚨 URGENT: The IEC has confirmed in writing that voters in queues at 21h00 must be assisted. All voters that are in the queue - whether or not they are inside the voting stations - must be assisted. Please share this far and wide.

South Africa is worth rescuing. A long voting line is still shorter than 5 years of bad ANC governance.

#VoteDA

[Secret Headteacher @secretHT1]

Maybe, instead of National Service for 18 year olds they should introduce national service for MPs.

They all have to do several weeks volunteering in a school, GP, hospital, care home, social care and police within their first 12 months in office.

[Hester Gikas @HesterGikas]

“Europe needs us more than we need them” perhaps true, no one wants to come this side 😅

[P&O Ferries Freight @POFerriesFR8]

#PODOVER
Checking in: 13:15 (DFDS) - On Time
Dover TAP: In Use
Buffer Zone: Large Queues
Check in: Large Queues

#POCALAIS
Checking in: 14:35 - ETD: 14:45
Approach Roads: Clear
Check in: Clear
Border Checks: Minor Queues
🚚

[Simon de Jever @de_jever]

@JujuliaGrace It's obvious to anyone who has done basic economics. Farming out to the private sector does not create capacity. It just redistributes existing capacity at greater cost.

[Hester Gikas @HesterGikas]

Not sure why but read the first pure in English, and the second one in Afrikaans #NZLvRSA

[Rugby World Cup @rugbyworldcup]

Pure ecstasy, pure agony

#RWC2023 | #RWCFinal

[Amy 🇿🇦 🐈‍⬛ 🇮🇲 @AmyL_IoM]

Of all the current UK air traffic control crisis stories, this one is possibly the most heartbreaking 💔 😉

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

People aren’t going hungry because we cannot feed the poor. People are going hungry because we cannot satisfy the rich.

[Hester Gikas @HesterGikas]

Horrifying- leading by a huge margin 😢

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Youth unemployment rate:

🇿🇦 South Africa: 62.1%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 53.4%
🇪🇸 Spain: 27.4%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 24.9%
🇷🇸 Serbia: 24.9%
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 23.8%
🇬🇷 Greece: 23.6%
🇦🇱 Albania: 22.5%
🇷🇴 Romania: 21.7%
🇮🇷 Iran: 21.6%
🇨🇳 China: 21.3%
🇮🇹 Italy: 21.3%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 21.6%
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 19.6%
🇭🇷 Croatia: 19%
🇸🇰 Slovakia: 18.8%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 17.2%
🇫🇷 France: 16.9%
🇯🇲 Jamaica: 16.7%
🇫🇮 Finland: 15.8%
🇪🇪 Estonia: 15.6%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 13.9%
🇱🇹 Lithuania: 13.8%
🇭🇺 Hungary: 13.3%
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 12.03%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 11.4%
🇱🇻 Latvia: 11%
🇨🇾 Cyprus: 10.8%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 10.7%
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 10.3%
🇵🇱 Poland: 10.3%
🇨🇦 Canada: 10.2%
🇳🇴 Norway: 10.2%
🇦🇹 Austria: 9.6%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 9.3%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 8.3%
🇺🇸 United States: 8%
🇦🇺 Australia: 7.75%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 7.41%
🇹🇭 Thailand: 6.5%
🇩🇪 Germany: 6.1%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 6.1%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 5.5%
🇯🇵 Japan: 4.2%
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 3.6%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 1.8%

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

British Gas has just announced profits of £969,000,000

That's up TEN-FOLD on last year.

They're lining their pockets while you pay higher bills.

As the world burns and energy bills soar, we need an energy system under public ownership, run for people and planet - not profit.