Nicola Sturgeon posts touching feminist message after meeting with rival leader Theresa May

Rallying call: 'I hope girls everywhere look at this photograph and believe nothing should be off limits for them'
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Sebastian Mann18 July 2016

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has posted an encouraging message to "girls everywhere" after meeting Theresa May for the first time since she became Prime Minister.

Two of the world's most powerful woman met in Edinburgh on Friday for talks less than 48 hours after Mrs May took office.

Outside Bute House, the First Minister's official residence in the Scottish capital, they posed for photographs on the steps.

After the meeting, Scottish National Party leader Mrs Sturgeon tweeted one the snaps with the touching caption: "Politics aside - I hope girls everywhere look at this photograph and believe nothing should be off limits for them."

Mrs Sturgeon has led Scotland's devolved administration since November 2014, when Alex Salmond stood down in the wake of defeat in the referendum on Scottish independence.

Conservative Mrs May was catapulted into Downing Street just this week after Andrea Leadsom pulled out their party's leadership contest on Monday, prompting David Cameron to officially tender his resignation to the Queen two days later.

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