lesley o'hare

living in the moment, curious, posting photos and the occasional written pot shot

[Fidra Fine Art @FidraFineArt]

“Surface”

A collection of artwork by 24 professional, elected artist members of Visual Arts Scotland.

Genevieve Draper
Close of Day, September
Oil on Canvas
40x50cm

#genevievedraperart #visualartsscotland #vas #scottishart

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

The US Govt has lost the plot and doesn’t give a damn https://t.co/eVSPnsxdFJ

[David Williamson @theirishego]

I'm a double amputee.

I recieve 3,600 a year in PIP

@Helen_Whately receives *39,000* a year in housing.

If our Hels wants to cut down the welfare bill I've an idea where she should start...

[Peter Pragnakar Atreides @pragnakar]

@RupertLowe10 Indians in the UK barely need any of your social welfare benefits. The Indian diaspora is one of the most educated and high-tax-paying demographics.

[Joe Hardy 🇺🇦 🇪🇺♿️🐟 #RightToLove 💙 @BlokeOnWheels]

Helen, Helen, Helen

Let me explain this to you in plain and exceedingly simple English.

Disabled kids are most likely to have been born with their disabilities or conditions (as I was). I know this might be shocking to you Helen, but we don't just stop being disabled at 18. Being born with a disability is usually a lifetime deal.

I tell you what, care to swap? You can have my cerebral palsy (and the benefits that you say come with it) and I'll take your fully functioning extremities and become an MP. Not a Tory one though, because I'm not a horrible bastard.
By the way, if you accept my offer, good luck trying to wipe your backside, put your own clothes on, wash any part of your body or doing any sort of cookery (since you won't be able to hold a knife properly) are, and one more thing, forget about rolling yourself over in bed at night, you'll have to get somebody to help you with that as well. But yeah, apart from that, a lifetime on benefits is really fucking easy isn't it?

[James D Magee @jamesdavidmagee]

We know you are not very bright Tice, you really do not need to keep reminding us!

As your Tory Rejects will explain to you there is no British Airways anymore - not as a credible entity in the UK anyway!

Since it was sold by your hero/mentor Maggie Thatcher in 1987 the UK government does not own a stake!

In 2011 British Airways merged with Spain's Iberia to form International Airlines Group (IAG), a multinational airline holding company.

BA ceased trading independently on the London Stock Exchange and became a subsidiary of IAG.

BA was sold for £900,000, so - to give you another example of a disastrous Tory deal - for the year 2025, BA operating profit was £2.23 billion with a strong operating margin of 15.2%,

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

@Sam_Alexandra23 #Nature #Flowers #yellowrose

[Fidra Fine Art @FidraFineArt]

“Surface”

Now open. Thanks to all who came to the opening yesterday afternoon... a busy day!

Work by 24 elected artists from Visual Arts Scotland. Open today 12-4pm.

Jo Gifford
Ambiguous Object 213
Porcelain
5cm(h) x 8cm(w) x 8cm(l)

#jogifford #porcelain #vas

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

@Sam_Alexandra23 Autumn low sun

[Jayne Moorby @JayneMoobs]

Wonderful to see the music community coming together for one of their own, Ana, who spends her life supporting music.

You lovely lot are class acts for doing this, what a night it will be, gutted to miss it, hope you have a ball 🎶💃

People really do make Glasgow ❤️

[Fidra Fine Art @FidraFineArt]

Closed this week as we rehang for our collaborative exhibition with Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) - "Surface".

Opening Saturday 17 October at 11 with refreshments & meet the artists 2-5pm.

Jo Fleming Smith
Summer Skies
Ink on Canvas
120x80cm

#joflemingsmith #vas

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

@calvinrobinson Anglo… Britain…what are you on about? What on earth is an ‘Anglo Christian’ household head?

[Wheelie MS Advocate - #PoweredByExperience - ♿️ @WheelieFUMS]

Helen Whately has spent the past few days promoting a fictional divide between disabled people and “hardworking taxpayers”.

First, she shared a carefully constructed £27,400 benefit figure that combines Universal Credit, housing support and enhanced PIP, as though rent and disability-related costs were disposable income.

Then she suggested Labour MPs only resisted PIP cuts because claimants outnumbered their majorities. What she didn’t mention was that this applies to a higher proportion of Conservative and Reform MPs, and her own majority is just 1,469.

Disabled people are workers, taxpayers, carers and voters. We are not “Benefits Street”, and we will not be reduced to figures on a political spreadsheet.

#HelenWhately #PIP #UniversalCredit #DisabilityBenefits #DisabilityRights

[Snowleopardess 💚 @snowleopardess]

Imagine making it your life’s work to attack the sick, the disabled and the vulnerable, while at the same time claiming huge sums of money in expenses on top of your very large salary?
What kind of person would do that, @Helen_Whately?

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

@RupertLowe10 Ok, @RupertLowe10, you don’t defend the rule of law, then? Only a fascist could think it right that what Danny Tommy filmed himself doing should not be deemed a crime. Again, looking forward to your response.

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

@Heccles94 Scarily, @Helen_Whately will continue to vilify those on the margins, those who struggle to live from day to day, while she lines her already well-padded pockets. Even worse, she’ll never respond to comments here or elsewhere. Not sure how we argue with her..,

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

@Helen_Whately

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Helen Whatley MP spends every day bashing disabled people online and calling them scroungers.

She has claimed for almost £2,000,000 on expenses since 2015.

£300,000 of this are for her own travel and accommodation etc, yet she lives 50 miles from London.

[John McHugh - all crypto bungs gratefully accepted @JohnMcHugh1878]

@RupertLowe10 He committed a crime whilst on bail, filmed himself doing it then uploaded it to social media and then told the police he had no fixed abode so therefore no bail address. But you know all that don't you.

[SophieSpring97 @SophieP25397]

I know of one guy who got given 5 million for doing nothing! Not even turning up to his day job to earn his 90k!
The Mail and Sun won't tell you so I will.

[lesley o'hare @memorydrum]

@Helen_Whately @csjthinktank That’s nonsense, and while we are writing about shocks, what about your expenses claims, @Helen_Whately paid for by my taxes? I’d rather my taxes supported those in NEED!