The ties are pretty strong because Britain let its colonies become self governing... some a bit earlier then WWII.

The Statue of Westminster 1931 is the basis in part of the Commonwealth... and if you follow the Commonwealth games you can see a lot of nations happily getting along with the Brits.

Also although a lot of people think that Pakistan is a friend of UK through the US on TWOT... it is actually the other way round... Pakistan is friendly towards the west because of its ties to the UK... US would have more friends if they could play cricket.