by Gordon Brown
Wren-Lewis, Simon, 358
Wright, Jeremiah, 328
Wright, Tony, 105
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X-ray technology, 26
Xi Jinping, 338
Y
Yad Vashem memorial, Israel, 243
Yale University, 313
‘year zero’ approach, 389
Yeltsin, Boris, 247
Yeo, Tim, 79
Yes Scotland, 400
Young Britain, 395
Young, David, 105
Young, Peter, 61
Yousafzai, Malala, 392
‘youthquake’, 446
YouTube, 369
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Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez, 242, 301, 324, 327–8, 332, 341
Zardari, Asif Ali, 12, 278
Zeal, 40
Zenawi, Meles, 324, 326
Zico, 60
Zimbabwe, 213
zombie banks, 305
Zuma, Jacob, 338
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CHAPTER 19: BATTLES FOR BRITAIN
fn1 ‘Yes’ because the referendum question was ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’