Common Sense with Mike Omoniyi
Sep 15, 2026 · 53 min · 11 segments
In this episode, Mike clashes with Britain's strictest head teacher sorry, thing on the education system in the UK and the need for reform.
Katharine BirbalsinghGuest
Mike OmoniyiHostI mean, at the time, people didn't talk about cancellation, but these were just the early days of cancellation.
Is Michaela, so your school, is it partly revenge then at the kind of system, if you like, that chucked you out?
and I assumed that it was because of racism and because of lack of funding.
We had to hire bouncers to protect us and to protect the mums who were coming along to find out about the school.
So I'm obviously not against people exploring post-colonial literature.
Punish them when they're naughty, praise them when they're good, and children will grow up well.
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I mean, at the time, people didn't talk about cancellation, but these were just the early days of cancellation.
Is Michaela, so your school, is it partly revenge then at the kind of system, if you like, that chucked you out?
and I assumed that it was because of racism and because of lack of funding.
We had to hire bouncers to protect us and to protect the mums who were coming along to find out about the school.
So I'm obviously not against people exploring post-colonial literature.
Punish them when they're naughty, praise them when they're good, and children will grow up well.
