Sean O’Grady “The Commonwealth is liberal, lefty and more needed than ever” The Independent

 

Sean O’Grady “The Commonwealth is liberal, lefty and more needed than ever” The Independent

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-commonwealth-is-liberal-lefty-and-more-needed-than-ever-a6753606.html

 

“…..And so it is a small force for good in a fractured world, and its informal, loose, soft diplomacy may well achieve some results. In recent years the Commonwealth has set its bounds wider still and wider, accepting nations with little or no colonial link to Britain – Mozambique, Cameroon and Rwanda and maybe more. Burma, Ireland and Palestine would surely be welcome, too…..”