Great Yarmouth

However, it has been dogged by infighting which culminated in Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe being expelled from the party.

Rupert Lowe, the independent MP for Great Yarmouth, said the situation was "morally repugnant" and added: "This is not the Britain I want to live in."

Volunteers from the St Mary Magdalene Church food bank in Gorleston, Norfolk, were invited to the Stena Immaculate cargo vessel, which is docked at the Port of Great Yarmouth, to collect frozen meat and fish.

It was towed to Great Yarmouth in April for inspection, where it has remained ever since.

The Great Yarmouth MP made the comments in his first broadcast interview since the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to press charges over threats he was alleged to have made.