Mainwaring was popular with the general population, and had was friends with former Prime Minister Winston Churchill who had supported Mainwaring during his polictical rise. Mainwaring was also popular with the army due to his service as Captain of the Home Guard during the war. Mainwaring was fiercly patirocic and against the Eupoean Community and as such negitied with Enoch Powell to withdraw from the election and endource him instead.
North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea), independent since 1948, is not recognised by 7 UN members states: Botswana, Estonia, France, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and the United States; one UN observer: Vatican City; as well as one non-UN member: Taiwan. Argentina, Canada, and Costa Rica have proposed recognising North Korea in their parliaments but later cancelled their proposals due to South Korean diplomatic pressure.[7][8][1][2][3][6]
South Korea considers itself to be the sole legitimate government of Korea, and claims all territory controlled by North Korea.