But yeah, how did Rwanda get admitted despite the human rights concerns?
They got in because as a political entity the commonwealth is a bit of a crumbling ruin that has run its course, but some people aren't ready to accept it, so they'll welcome anyone in to keep it going.
19 commonwealth leaders didn't even bother showing up to the last Common Wealth leaders meeting 3 months ago, including Jacinda Ardern, Anthony Albanese (Australia), Yakob (Malayasia) Shehbaz Sharif (Pakistan), Cyril Ramphosa (South Africa) and Modi (India).
That's 6 of the 10 biggest economies in the commonwealth not showing up to the meeting because it's simply not important.
Meanwhile former French colonies are joining up to get better access to India, which is by far the most important member in 2022, it's got the biggest economy, it's an emerging superpower investing in Africa, it's the reason people want to join.
Unfortunately our relationship with India is degrading quite rapidly because of some very serious insults, and that's only likley to get worse when they see the Koh-i-noor diamond (which has been the number 1 trending topic on twitter in India every single day since the queen died) on Camilla's head in a few months time.
Hopefully the commonwealth will persevere as a sporting entity as a way of celebrating shared history.