The joint leaders of Dumfries and Galloway Council are maintaining their united front and insist it is business as usual.
Labour group leader Linda Dorward and SNP group head Stephen Thompson didn’t take too kindly to opposition Conservative councillor Andrew Wood questioning the strength of the council administration partnership recently.
This comes after it was reported that MSP Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, wanted to put an end to any coalitions with SNP at council level.