Theresa May by-passed by Nicola Sturgeon as she form new alliance with the Governor of California

Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon takes clamour for independence campaign beyond the shores of Britain and Europe in general, as she meets the people of California who are also clamouring for independence.

The by-pass to Theresa May was made to enable her push on with her campaign for an independent Scotland, as she enters into a fresh international treaty during a visit to the US.

Despite all the threats from the Theresa May led Tory government the aggressive leader of the SNP has made up her mind never to give up on her second referendum bid, and have sent an official letter to the Prime Minister calling for the referendum.

Just as Scotland is threatening to leave the rest of the UK, so is a group of voters also fighting hard to break away from the rest of the US, as they launch ‘Calexit’ as a result of the ascension of Donald Trump to the White House.

Consequently, Scotland and California have now formed an alliance against Theresa May and Donald Trump which sends a very strong message to the two leaders.

The treaty signed by the Governor of California Edmund Brown and the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Sacramento will enable them join forces, and also set a model which may be followed by other governments.

After the meeting, the First Minister said: “Scotland is making huge progress in delivering our climate change ambitions, but we are not complacent and there is still much to achieve."

She added: “Today’s meeting strengthened our relationship with the Government of California and I’m confident we can work together to achieve the targets set out by the Under2 MoU.

“We have also offered to help the Under2 Coalition, representing over 1 billion people, to prepare for a major summit in 2018 which will bring together the public and private sectors, alongside NGOs, to build support and action aimed at persuading national governments to increase their efforts to tackle climate change, in what will be an important year for taking stock against progress of the Paris Agreement.”

Ms Sturgeon and Mr Brown also deliberated on the significance of offshore wind in tackling climate change and reflected how the two governments could share knowledge and best practice in developing this technology.

Nonetheless the meeting is to be expected to be met with resentment by both the UK and US governments - as Sturgeon and California push forward with their respective ‘exits’.