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Ballantyne

British  
/ ˈbælənˌtaɪn /

noun

  1. R ( obert ) M ( ichael ). 1825–94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Under the leadership of Michelle Ballantyne in Scotland and Richard Tice UK-wide, the party managed just 0.2% of the list vote.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Ballantyne says she suspects the former prime minister's decision to move to Australia is more nuanced than that.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Michelle Ballantyne sat as a Reform member at the Scottish Parliament from January to May 2021, having left the Conservatives the previous year and sitting for a short spell as an independent.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

“This isn’t the first time I’ve had nothing,” Ballantyne said this week as he surveyed what remained of the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Mr. Serjeant Ballantyne, specially retained, succeeded in obtaining a verdict of not guilty. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

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