Tag: Chrystia Freeland

• Wednesday, March 16th 2016 - 07:04 UTC

  Minister Hugo Swire: “The Commonwealth is no relic of the past”

  

  Minister of State Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP blogs on the importance of the Commonwealth following his visit to New Zealand and Canada.Sometimes the Commonwealth is seen as a relic of the past. I argue passionately that it is nothing of the sort. The test is always the same – would we invent the Commonwealth today? The answer is that we would. It is an important organisation for the present and the future.