'Embarrassing!' Britain's strictest headmistress left fuming with Oxford Union over cancelled debate row

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Katherine Birbalsingh, who has earned a reputation as "Britain's strictest head", has launched a scathing attack on the Oxford Union.The Headteacher at Michaela School in Wembley wrote a letter to the Union, accusing them of cancelling a debate she was asked to attend.The outspoken educator accused students of showing "rudeness" and being "ill-mannered".In a public letter addressed to the President of the Oxford Union, Ms Birbalsingh slammed the behaviour of the group.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say She told GB News: "When you just think of what the Oxford Union used to be, it was so revered and so admired...

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it was just such a different place, really.

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And now it's just, it's so embarrassing."They're just political activists who have hijacked the union in order to fulfil their own desires.

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And they're certainly not interested in critical thinking or in hearing anything that would slightly offend them."The Oxford Union is the world's most prestigious student-led debating society,...

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