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Friends Elizabeth Care, left, who voted against Scottish independence in 2014, and Janet Allan, who voted for it, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Scotland holds an election Thursday that could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom. The pro-independence Scottish National Party is leading in the polls and a big victory will give it the the moral right and the political momentum to hold a referendum on whether Scotland should end its three-century union with England. But many voters, even if they support independence, are cautious. (AP Photo/Renee Graham)