Part of the Thatcher revolution was the severing of Imperial ties in favour of the contemporary interests of the White British. She pushed the Commonwealth to the brink of dissolution because of her refusal to abandon Apartheid SA for the sake of former "colonials" who hate us. 
https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/2014689432129921137
The Thatcher government wanted to close all of the loopholes that the Imperial legacy had left in the British immigration system, her efforts only failed because of EU intervention. Farage's attempt to re-open them is a repudiation of both Powell and Thatcher.
This isn't to mention that the Commonwealth is just a mafia ring for brown countries to try and shake us down for as much money as we're worth. They use the Commonwealth as a platform to vocalize their hatred of the Empire and nothing more.
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