High on the list of things I did not remember about Paddington Bear

Began reading A Bear Called Paddington to my daughter last night.

Mrs Brown bent down. “You’re a very small bear,” she said.
The bear puffed out its chest. “I’m a very rare sort of bear,” he replied importantly. “There aren’t many of us left where I come from.”
“And where is that?” asked Mrs Brown.
The bear looked round carefully before replying. “Darkest Peru.”
“You don’t mean to say you’ve come all the way from South America by yourself?” exclaimed Mrs Brown.
The bear nodded. “Aunt Lucy always said she wanted me to emigrate when I was old enough.
That’s why she taught me to speak English.”

Which brings to mind a recent statement from Prime Minister David Cameron to illegal immigrants:

We will find you and make sure you are sent back to the country you came from.

An excellent plot line for the 2015 Paddington movie?

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  1. Ahh you must have missed the wonderful article about this early in December:

    An immigration lawyer reviews Paddington
    http://www.freemovement.org.uk/an-immigration-lawyer-reviews-paddington/

    A little gem from the review:

    “Incidentally, for offering a home to Paddington — or harbouring him, as the Home Office would have it — Mr and Mrs Brown could potentially face prosecution under section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971, entitled ‘Assisting unlawful immigration to member State’. The maximum sentence is 14 years.”