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Alister Jack visited the James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie, Perthshire.

Scotland should embrace UK moves on gene-editing science, says Alister Jack
ALISTER Jack has used a visit to a farming tech centre to reiterate calls for Scotland to embrace controversial gene-editing science – despite Holyrood’s opposition.

From the NHS to energy and rail, adults across the UK overwhelmingly support public ownership over key services. Photos: PA

Everyone supports publicly owned utility services – even Tory voters, poll finds

John Redwood was called out for his comments on Scotland's water system

Veteran Tory MP called out for spreading misinformation in Scotland rant

Shapps reportedly discussed sensitive information linked to a mysterious private flight which left Inverness headed for Moscow just days after Russia invaded Ukraine

RUSSIA Grant Shapps in 'secret communication' over Inverness to Moscow private flight

File photo of Boris Johnson on the beach. (PA)

Boris Johnson suns himself in Greece - but Tory MP insists he's still working

Both May and Johnson have used the ‘now is not the time’ tactic to ward off calls for a second independence referendum

EXCLUSIVE Project Fear lives on through recycled ‘now is not the time’ Tory tactic, analysis shows

Liz Truss appears to be ‘ambushed by everything’ when interviewed

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Liz Truss is the candidate who lacks poise, grit and substance

Ed Sheeran has proved to be a favourite ticket for MPs

special report Revealed: MPs have been lavished with tickets worth thousands of pounds

The Better Together campaign will struggle to make a plausible case for indyref2

comment The REAL Scottish Politics: Tories have blown any trust ahead of indyref2

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, left, wrote to PM Boris Johnson last week over the cost of living crisis

Boris Johnson responds to Nicola Sturgeon's call for emergency meeting

Swinney criticised the lack of action from the UK under

Updated UK Government 'holding public to ransom with inaction on cost of living'

Liz Truss during a hustings event in Darlington, County Durham

'Abhorrent': Fury as Liz Truss accuses civil service of 'antisemitism'

While the Government fails to act for individuals, Kwarteng says it's 'essential' to look at doing more for businesses

Tories plot extra energy bill help for BUSINESSES while households suffer

Starmer is due to appear at the Edinburgh fringe

Keir Starmer challenged to 'respect Scottish democracy' ahead of Fringe interview

Nadhim Zahawi says he is determined to grow the economy

UK economy shrinks amid recession predictions

Rishi Sunak during a hustings event in Cheltenham

Rishi Sunak in new cost-of-living pledge as Truss slams 'Gordon Brown economics'

Protesters are making sure their voices are heard

comment Workers are standing up to the class war being waged by the Tory party

RMT Scotland members held a protest out of Scottish Tory headquarters in Edinburgh

special report RMT take pay protest to Scottish Tory HQ and demand UK ministers 'keep out' of talks

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is upbeat about the odds for independence winning in a fresh referendum

COMMENT Nicola Sturgeon is right: Yes will win comfortably – The REAL Scottish Politics

Nicola Sturgeon said that people would 'undoubtedly' die as energy bills spiralled out of control. Photos: PA

'Missing in action' Tories must stop energy price cap rise, Nicola Sturgeon says

Rishi Sunak is thought to be trailing behind Liz Truss in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister

REVEALED Tory leadership campaigns linked to climate sceptics, property moguls and tech investors

Cartoonist Greg Moodie has no concerns about lacking material in the event that Liz Truss becomes the next prime minister

interview Greg Moodie on the satirical goldmine of Liz Truss as the next Prime Minister

Liz Truss may be plotting to U-turn on her pledge to ban conversion therapy. Photos: PA

Liz Truss 'hates idea of banning LGBT conversion therapy', key ally claims

Nicola Sturgeon hit out at Boris Johnson during a wide ranging interview at the Edinburgh Fringe. Photos: PA

SPECIAL REPORT 'I'll be blunt': Nicola Sturgeon details what it's like working with Boris Johnson

Loganair operates 'lifeline' flights to west coast communities but is suffering the effects of Brexit, transport minister says

Tories told Brexit is crippling west coast 'lifeline' flights for Scotland's islands

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EXCLUSIVE Scottish Government 'monitoring' risk of winter blackouts and energy supply issues

Liz Truss is adored by her supporters despite her apparent intellectual deficit

Letters Tory supporters won’t admit they are wrong until they have suffered

Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe, Nicola Sturgeon (left) was asked if she had met Liz Truss in the past. Photos: PA

Nicola Sturgeon: Liz Truss only wanted to talk to me about getting into Vogue

Ukrainian refugees were welcomed into homes across the UK following the Russian invasion

Seven in 10 Homes for Ukraine hosts find support hindered by cost of living

Households across the UK are facing spiralling energy prices this winter

UK faces 'days of power blackouts' over winter, UK Government document reveals

Chris Skidmore said he has been 'increasingly concerned' by Rishi Sunak's campaign

Blow for Rishi Sunak as supporter defects to Liz Truss campaign

Liz Truss was caught apologising for comments she had made about the media

Liz Truss caught apologising for being 'mean to the media' during hustings

Dominic Raab’s proposals go well beyond the normal Tory sleaze

Letters Tories want to govern by diktat and have no-one holding them to account

Jeremy Corbyn spoke at an event in Edinburgh

Jeremy Corbyn tells Labour to present 'radical, hopeful alternative' to Tories

Sunak will debate Liz Truss at the Tory hustings in Darlington tonight. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/PA

Three places for Rishi Sunak to visit on his trip to Darlington, Scotland

Liz Truss called Dominic Raab's commentary 'declinist'

Liz Truss hits back at Raab's 'electoral suicide' attack

Anthony Barber, Edward Heath’s Chancellor, faced the same spectre of stagflation as we do today

Letters Mistakes of past Tory chancellors should serve as a wake-up call

Question Time host Fiona Bruce came under fire for a debate in which she was accused of showing

BBC dismisses formal complaint over Question Time 'pro-Conservative' bias

Tory peer Michelle Mone reportedly paid out more than £50k to settle allegations of 'racism'

Tory peer Michelle Mone pays out £50,000 to settle 'racism' claim

Rishi Sunak's higher education plans have been panned by the Scottish Education Secretary

EXCLUSIVE Education Secretary slams Rishi Sunak's 'cynical' plan to ban certain degrees

Rishi Sunak's campaign ad has been mocked as looking like something an unsuccessful candidate on The Apprentice might produce

WATCH 'Keep Brexit Safe': Rishi Sunak mocked over 'Apprentice-style' campaign clip

Boris Johnson refused to step down as prime minister after quitting as Tory leader, but has now gone on holiday

'Come out of hiding and tackle cost-of-living crisis', absent Boris Johnson told

Liz Truss is the favourite to become the UK's next prime minister

COMMENT George Kerevan: Scotland won't be able to ignore disaster of Truss's Lizonomics

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has called for urgent action from the UK Government

comment Kirsty Strickland: Like him or not, Gordon Brown is right. Here's why

Ruth Davidson was given a peerage by Boris Johnson's Tory government

'I will always come back and campaign against indyref2', Ruth Davidson says

Main image of Liz Truss by Callum Winter/Liz For Leader

WATCH Truss told Scotland to 'get lost' with Nicola Sturgeon swipe, says Gordon Brown

Carrie and Boris Johnson are looking to make a £400,000 profit from the sale as they plan their exit from Downing Street

Boris Johnson puts house on market for £1.6m and looks set to make £400k profit

Douglas Ross has so far refused to publicly back either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as his choice for next PM

Douglas Ross is 'not watching' hustings in Tory leadership contest

Rishi Sunak vows to outlaw degrees that 'don't increase students earning potential'

Updated Rishi Sunak vows to outlaw degrees that 'don't increase students' earning potential'

Brown has criticised the lack of action from the Tories on support for those on lowest incomes

Gordon Brown demands emergency budget as Truss and Sunak bicker over cost of living help

Rishi Sunak is promising to widen the government’s definition of extremism to encompass those who ‘vilify our country’

COMMENT Unspeakable ‘anti-Scots’ pursue power as recession looms

Leadership hopeful Liz Truss has simply no interest in Scotland

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Busy Lizzie playing to the Tory crowd with ignorance and arrogance

Liz Truss played to the Tory gallery by claiming she would ignore Nicola Sturgeon

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Liz Truss’s slur reveals truth about bankrupt Unionist arguments

From Brexit to drug deaths, the Tories have ignored Scotland again and again

EXCLUSIVE Six ways the Tories have repeatedly ignored Scotland