Commonwealth Articles

Out into the world’ was the slogan of the Brexiteers’ predecessors in the 1975 European referendum. In a similar vein, Leave campaigners in this referendum have argued that the United Kingdom’s future lies not in remaining a member of the European Union with our...

Two events call for Labour to revisit our ethical foreign policy and fit it for the 21st century. Yesterday’s release of the ‘Panama Papers’ highlights the leading role that some British Overseas Territories play in the tax haven industry. Today’s decision by the...

My grandfather used to tell a story about when he arrived in England in the 1950s, and spent a whole evening going door-to-door trying to find somewhere to lodge. Everywhere he went had a sign saying 'no dogs, no blacks, no Irish'. He finally came to one house where...

All over the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people experience persecution and discrimination. With over half the countries throwing adults in prison for having consensual same-sex relations based in the Commonwealth, this government should make the...