We’ve heard it said repeatedly that leaving the EU will allow Britain to stop neglecting the Commonwealth, but those of us that actually come from Commonwealth countries tend to shudder when we hear this. Why? Well, apart from the imperial history you read earlier, it’s because what have we seen to reflect this new-found love for the Commonwealth in recent years? ‘Immigrants go home’ vans trawling the streets of Tower Hamlets; I wonder who they were looking for?
