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@barryrichards.bsky.social

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Welsh & European Graphic & Interactive Designer/Developer, especially in e-learning, but also in indoor mapping. Lomographer. Views are own; weithiau yn Gymraeg

Where is Dan Thomas?
The Reform UK leader, Dan Thomas, is yet to arrive at his count in Casnewydd Islwyn.
Our reporter at the count, Holly Morgan, has asked Nick Jones, the party's fourth place candidate where he is.
I don't know, but they can't release the results until he gets here. How about this, if you find out, can you let us know?

Photo of The Torygraph newspaper showing editorial contempt for Cymru and Scotland, yet again, by referring to elections in Cymru and Scotland as “local elections”, when they are in fact national elections. The only local elections taking place are in England.

Contents
Author's Note
Introduction
1. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid?
2. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style
3. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state
4. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony
5. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be?
6. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy
7. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor
8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism
9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings
10. Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched
11. Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I
12. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government
13. The Middle East 1957-1958:
The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America
14. Indonesia 1957-1958: War and pornography
15. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts
16. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA's international labor mafia
17. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing
18. Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism
19. Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus
20. Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism
21. Laos 1957-1973: L Armée Clandestine
22. Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again
23. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another