![]() In July 1968, Durham left to pursue a solo career and the group disbanded. In 1967, they were named as joint " Australians of the Year" – the only group thus honoured. Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described their style as "concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock". The group had Top 10 hits in the 1960s with " I'll Never Find Another You", " A World of Our Own", " Morningtown Ride", " Someday, One Day", " Georgy Girl" and " The Carnival Is Over". They were especially popular during the 1960s with their best-known configuration of Judith Durham on vocals, piano and tambourine Athol Guy on double bass and vocals Keith Potger on twelve-string guitar, banjo and vocals and Bruce Woodley on guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. The Seekers were an Australian folk-influenced pop quartet, originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. MG Hotels has been contacted for comment.The Seekers in 1965. He was ‘unfortunately unable to attend’ the meeting on Wednesday as Parliament was sitting. Windsor MP Mr Afriyie was informed about the Manor Hotel last week and ‘immediately wrote to the Home Secretary to make clear local concerns.’ There are plans for further public meetings on the subject – and the Borough will seek to meet fortnightly with the Home Office and other agencies.Ī Home Office spokesperson said the Home Office ‘does not comment on operational arrangements for individual hotels.’ Though no answers from the Home Office are guaranteed, the borough intends to ‘keep the pressure up’, said Datchet ward councillor David Cannon. “ the Home Office’s failure to attend tonight and answer your questions is a disgrace,” said Cllr Johnson. This garnered much criticism from the public and the panel. ![]() The Home Office was invited to attend the meeting – but no representative showed up. The leader added that he has already written to the new Home Secretary (Suella Braverman) with his concerns. Ultimately, if there are any mistakes made here, ‘it falls on to pick up the pieces,’ he said.Ĭllr Johnson said that he will launch a legal challenge against the decision if it looks like the borough would be ‘significantly disadvantaged.’ But to do so would require ‘serious evidence’, he said. He said he had ‘grave concerns’ about the asylum-seeking process in the UK – that in his view it is ‘desperate to find anywhere’ to house people, including on a more permanent basis. Leader of the council Andrew Johnson agreed that ‘this is a most unsuitable location to host asylum seekers’, in particular those that are ‘potentially vulnerable’. “This is a direct and commercial arrangement between the Home Office and the hotel,” he said. ![]() Ian Thompson, lead member for grounds at Datchet Parish Council, asked if there was any capacity for recompense from the borough to deal with any additional problems caused by people moving into the Manor Hotel.īut Mr Scott said the Borough is not receiving any additional funding for the arrangement. Others added that there is already an antisocial behaviour problem in the area, only likely to be exacerbated. Many expressed doubt that the care of the new arrivals would be well managed, with criticisms being launched against MG Hotels for letting the hotel ‘fall into disrepair’. However, members of the public at the meeting were not reassured by this, saying it was ‘a completely different situation’ to host asylum seekers in a village compared to a larger area.Ĭoncerns were raised that local schools are ‘already oversubscribed.’ Mr Scott added that there was a danger that the new arrivals could ‘overload’ the local GP surgery.Īs such, there are discussions in motion between the region’s clinical commissioning group and other GP practices to seek support.īut Mr Scott said that, based on experience of the Holiday Inn in Maidenhead, there would be ‘a little bit of disruption’ at first, then ‘the impact on residents was negligible’. “The borough is already doing more than its fair share and we have highlighted that to the Home Office,” he said. He added that the number of asylum seekers the borough is taking on is ‘disproportionate to the population.’ Representatives from various agencies including the Borough and Thames Valley Police responded to residents' thoughts on the ‘undemocratic decision’ by the Home Office.ĭavid Scott, head of communities for the Royal Borough, said it was ‘presented to without discussion.’ ![]()
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