How the council U-turn unfolded on day of high drama at Sheffield Town Hall
Unconventionally, the truce appeared to have been arranged through comments on Facebook
The drama surrounding the "Zionism is Racism" motion was always expected to come to a head on Wednesday during a meeting of all council members at Sheffield Town Hall.
Over the weekend council leader Fran Belbin announced her intention to put forward a Labour minority administration and officially cut ties with the Greens.
Further fractures came in the following days, with Labour member Mark Rusling calling out the Greens, and them responding claiming he had lied.
From a very bitter place on Tuesday, expecting that Labour would pass their minority and Greens would lose all leadership positions, it was a shock to hear a rumour the joint administration could in fact be saved.
We first heard rumblings on Wednesday morning, and as the day progressed it became clear that conversations had become productive enough to save the council.
Unconventionally, the truce appeared to have been arranged through comments on Facebook.
It's Our City! - the group who successfully campaigned to turn Sheffield Council from a cabinet to committee system in 2022, tagged Coun Belbin in a post on Tuesday evening, in a last-ditch attempt to save the political partnership from being "dismantled."
Coun Belbin commented that if the Greens are up for discussion on her concerns, she would be happy to.
Coun Alexi Dimond, deputy Green leader, replied: "We do recognise there is a diversity of beliefs among people who identify as Zionists, and accept that some people who identify as Zionists disagree with the ideology of political Zionism as practiced by the Israeli state and are not racist."
This was a softer stance from the Sheffield Green councillors, who had previously backed that Zionism motion.
He suggested a 10.30am meeting at Town Hall.
Coun Belbin confirmed at 12.30pm that the full council meeting would be pushed back by an hour to allow time for all discussions, including (we understand) a call to the national Labour party.
When she did step up to the podium to address the chamber, she spoke candidly as she hadn't had time to write a statement down.
Her speech was brief and left any private fireworks to the imagination, but she said she thinks Labour and Greens have found a place to agree.
Coun Belbin told the LDRS things happened "far more last minute than I would have liked" but confirmed she had seen "significant movement from the Greens."
As the sun set on another tense day at Sheffield Town Hall, it remains to be seen whether the damaged relationship will leave long term scars.