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In a Telegraph column on  Commonwealth Day, Lord Marland, Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, and Alexander Downer, Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister and former Australian High Commissioner to the UK, discuss the emergence of a new cross-party tilt towards the Commonwealth in the UK.

As the Commonwealth focuses its attention towards the Pacific in anticipation of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa in October, a noticeable shift eastward is taking shape. Reflecting on this development, they highlight:

“For those of us who see Britain’s future based on the reinvigoration of Commonwealth ties, today’s concerted effort to push a new India-UK free trade deal over the line is a welcome development. So too is the cross-party consensus on it, should agreement not be reached before the general election. This makes Britain’s direction of travel clear: a tilt to the east where global economic growth resides – and where much of the Commonwealth happens to be located.”

Read the full article here.