Plans to have a cruise ship serving drinks 24 hours a day moored off Brighton during next week's Labour Party Conference have been scuppered.
The 96 berth MV Shinewater was to be anchored between the two piers or berthed at Shoreham Harbour or Brighton Marina in a bid to ease the chronic shortage of beds in the city during the conference which starts on Sunday.
But the Labour Party has confirmed the vessel will not be used as a floating hotel for MPs and those attending the conference.
A spokeswoman said: " The idea of the vessel moored off Brighton has been pulled.
"The organisers fear in the light of the terrorist attacks in America it would be too light hearted and not reflect the mood of the conference. It was a private enterprise and nothing to do with the Labour Party, but we understand it will not happen."
Businessman Andrew Chevis, a Labour Party member in Battersea, London, had sent out glossy brochures to MPs, party members and the media, advertising 24 hour drinking and a life of luxury on board.
He was unavailable for comment yesterday.
The idea of having what had been dubbed a "floating gin palace" bobbing around in the English Channel off Brighton had already been given the thumbs down by MPs and those attending the conference.
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