All this is not to say that the UK has a binary choice between the EU and the Commonwealth. This is a false distinction. Rather it is that Commonwealth citizens and the Commonwealth perspective amongst the electorate in the UK are going to matter significantly when it comes to the Referendum vote. If staying In meant ignoring the Commonwealth further then it would not be in those citizens’ interests, while if Out wanted to close the borders and retreat then that would hardly incentivise Commonwealth citizens to vote this way. Neither pole would attract the large Commonwealth diaspora and constituency.