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THE Left has preached for years about how mass migration benefits the cultural and economic vitality of our nation. 

But it seems the main people it enriches are human rights lawyers, hotel owners, criminal gangs and the French authorities. 

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Official figures lay bare the eye-watering cost of Britain’s broken borders, funded directly from the wage packets of hard-working taxpayers. 

French police, given £480million of your cash to stop people-traffickers, stand and watch as more and more people climb aboard small boats to cross the Channel. 

More than 32,000 asylum-seekers — nearly 3,000 more than at the very end of the Tories’ time in office — are currently housed in 210 hotels at a cost of £4.7million a day. 

And that isn’t even anywhere near the extent of the burden on taxpayers, as there are even more migrants being put up in non-hotel accommodation. 

There’s little chance of the illegals among them being booted out any time soon, either.

Lawyers claiming £1million a week in taxpayer-funded legal aid to mount endless appeals will see to that. 

Labour won power after pledging to “smash the gangs” and “end asylum hotels”. Yet illegal migrant numbers — and the bill — keep on soaring. 

Patience is wearing thin. Sir Keir Starmer must stop the boats, or lose the votes of millions who supported him only last year. 

An easy call 

PARENTS are finding it increasingly difficult to protect their children from risks posed by smartphones. 

One in four kids spends more than four hours a day online and many secretly use social media during lessons and in bed. 

So it is a welcome step for ministers to consider a daily two-hour limit for under-16s and a 10pm watershed. But what are they waiting for? 

They can start in schools by giving teachers clear guidance — and power — to ban phones in classrooms. 

And they can send a clear message to tech giants that if they fail to bring in safeguards soon, tough legal restrictions will be imposed on them. 

Not much cop 

POLICE appear to have won their battle against the Chancellor’s plans to squeeze their funding in this week’s spending review — but they were warned yesterday they must “do their bit” to cut waste. 

They could save millions if they stopped sending officers to arrest law-abiding citizens who post “hurty” comments on social media. 

It might even provide extra cash to tackle proper crimes like burglary, shop theft and street violence. 

RTE star Arthur Gourounlian has left his fans in stitches after sharing a “hilarious” video of his daughters.

The Dancing With The Stars judge and his Six O’Clock Show host husband Brian Dowling have two kids together, Blake, 2, and 11-month-old Blu.

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The celebrity couple often share snippets of their day-to-day lives with their two little ones on social media.

Arthur took to his Instagram today to share a hilarious clip comparing Blake and Blu’s different personalities.

The start of the video showed two-year-old Blake sitting calmly, doing arts and crafts, while relaxing music played in the background.

The caption on the video read: “Our first born.”

It then cuts to “second born” baby Blu bouncing around, giggling and falling over as chaotic music played.

Arthur wrote on his post: “Blake vs Blu.”

Fans and friends all raced to the comment section to share their love for the “hilarious” video.

Lorraine said: “Oh I laughed out loud.”

Fiona wrote: “This is hilarious the change of music had me howling.”

Denise commented: “Two beautiful clever babas. You and Brian are gonna have so fun and adventures.”

Another added: “There both just gorgeous little girls.”

Arthur was recently brought “to tears” as his husband signed off on his 98FM radio show for a final time.

Brian called it quits on the hit morning show after two years at the helm.

Brian had been co-hosting the weekday show from 10am to 1pm with Suzanne Kane since March 2023.

OFF AIR

It was an emotional final show for the dad-of-two, who told listeners: “I have had the best time here for nearly two and a half years.

“It’s been an absolute blast. It’s been an honour to sit in this chair for the length of time I have.”

Fighting back tears, he added: “I’m sure a lot of people thought, ‘Oh, Brian Dowling got a job – He’ll be in it six weeks and he’ll be gone’. I have given this show absolutely everything.

“I became a dad on this show. I’ve had television success on this show. I’ve had it all on this show.”

Arthur, who had tuned in from home, shared an emotional tribute after hearing Brian’s final sign-off, revealing it brought him “to tears”.

He wrote: “I listened to my husband saying goodbye to something he had given everything to for the last two and a half years – a show he didn’t just work on – he lived it.”

Praising his husband’s passion, Arthur added: “Every morning, every laugh, every moment he poured his heart and soul into… and he loved every second of it.”

KASEY McATEER is determined to ensure that he cannot be ignored for neither club nor country.

The winger marked his first Ireland start with a goal against Senegal on Friday and is hoping to get another chance against Luxembourg tomorrow.

Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrímsson reckoned he caused ‘a stir’ with his performance and it has put him in the frame to feature in the World Cup qualifying campaign.

And he is determined to build on increased minutes for Leicester City after their relegation from the Premier League was confirmed.

McAteer is planning to stay with the Foxes despite interest from Sunderland, despite believing it can be sometimes harder for a player who has come through the ranks as he has done.

He said: “It doesn’t matter. That’s the plan.

“I mean, I’ve been at Leicester since I was eight years old, so I’d never turn my back on the club. It’s a club where I’ve grown, I’ve loved, I’ve supported.

“For now, I’m fully focused on Ireland. I’ll get away in the summer, get a holiday, refresh, regroup and start preseason for Leicester fighting and get us back into the Premier League, where we deserve to be. 

“Recently I have been given the chance to play and I felt like I’ve grown every week.

“And you only get better playing football when you’re playing every week — that’s a fact.

“So hopefully I’ll keep getting games on my belt. Get back to pre-season, after our rest, and then, yeah, hit the ground running, hopefully.

“There’s a lot of senior players at Leicester and I respect that. Being home-grown sometimes it is easy to overlook players like myself but I’ve never stopped fighting.

I’ve kept banging down the door to get in the team.

“I got in the team, my first Premier League goal and a few good results. It wasn’t enough because we were already relegated but I can personally look back with a lot of pride.

“In the Championship there will still be 25 players in that squad wanting to play so I’ve to be fit and strong in pre-training. I know what levels I can get to at my best so they can see me at my best.”

McAteer was reluctant to be drawn on whether boss Ruud van Nistelrooy and his first-team coach Brian Barry-Murphy should be kept on.

The atmosphere around the club turned sour with the pair unable to spark an improvement in results following their arrival in December.

He said: “It’s not nice playing in a stadium when there’s a lot of animosity and boos. They pay their hard-earned money, watching us weekly home and away, but for myself it’s about taking it and learning.

“Whatever happens with the management is up to the club to decide. All we can do as players is back the manager who is in charge.

“The gaffer didn’t give up on us even when we were relegated. We all tried every week. As manager, we’ll fight for him so let’s see what happens in the future.

Brian is a top guy. I texted him on Thursday night to say I was starting. He said good luck and he’d be watching. It’s great to have a fellow Irishman at the club.”

Right now, the manager he is most concerned about impressing is Hallgrímsson having found himself in and out of the squad as his club fortunes fluctuated.

But, with Sammie Szmodics, Chiedozie Ogbene and Mark Sykes all absent, he staked his claim.

McAteer said: “I hadn’t started before and I got on the scoresheet. You want your name being thrown about in conversations around team selections. I wanted to create a ruffle. Hopefully I’ve done that.

“They’re all top players f but I know the qualities that I have. I need to believe in myself.

“Those are top players and friends of mine so we’ll all be pushing each other for a spot. Sometimes in this game, it can be everyone for themselves but I’m sure whatever happens the squad will be strong.

“The manager just said: ‘Play your game.’ I mean, I know at my best, I can hurt teams, and I tried to do that. I got some good balls down the side. 

“Afterwards, in the dressing room, he said I’ve created a bit of a stir. So hopefully I can keep that going on and get myself in the starting XI.”

CLUB AND COUNTRY

On his previous omissions, he said: “It was explained to me that it’s because I’m not playing at my club, that obviously the boys who are playing for their club every weekend, they deserve to play for their country.

“And I understand that. Obviously I didn’t take it well, I wanted to be here. I want to play,  play as many games as I can.

“I’ve regular contact with him, not just when squads are being announced.

“But when I’m not playing, when I am playing, to see how I’m doing and stuff. And that’s really good to get from a manager that’s obviously behind me wanting to do well.

“When the gaffer told me I was starting I was really, really happy. And I just hoped that I would prove my best to this team, and to get my first start, my first goal gives me massive confidence. 

“Hopefully, I can take that in my stride and keep growing.”

His goal came after Matt Doherty and Dara O’Shea had gotten in each other’s way trying to get on the end of Will Smallbone’s corner before the ball was recycled by Nathan Collins with McAteer pouncing after his initial effort was saved.

He said: “I think it was flicked on by Nathan, I managed to keep myself onside, flicked it towards the goal. To be fair to the ‘keeper, he’s made a great save, but luckily for me, it’s rebounded back into my path.

“I just took the touch and thought: ‘Put my foot through the ball.’ That’s what I did. And, yeah, great to see that net bulge.”

McAteer had his back to goal for the rebound meaning he had to swivel before shooting but he shrugged: “I knew if I got the touch right, I’d be shooting in a nearly empty net.

“There was too much pace on it for the defender to keep out of the goal. So yeah, I’m really happy.

“My Mum and Dad were here so it was good to see them score my first goal on my first start. That’s a moment that I’ll cherish forever and they’ll cherish forever, no doubt about that.”

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