A call by Conservative councillors to send a letter of congratulation to Boris Johnson for his handling of the Covid pandemic was shot down in a meeting of West Lothian Council this week.
The minority Labour group joined forces with the SNP opposition to back a motion from the nationalists seeking guarantees to preserve free Lateral Flow Tests.
The council, which is facing £12m of budget cuts to local services, spent almost an hour arguing whether it should write to the Prime Minister, or First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on issues of Lateral Flow Tests and independence votes.