SO it’s official – silly season is over.

For the last two months, while the world has been on holiday, it’s been up to journalists to keep everyone entertained.

So forget big political scandals and institutional cover-ups; while those in power were away on holiday, things a little less serious made the headlines.

So we had skateboarding dogs, singing pandas and seagull drama aplenty – in fact, if it featured an animal, it was pretty much guaranteed a chunk of airtime.

Or a spot in the Britain’s Got Talent final.

But now, after a little bit of rest and relaxationr and r, it’s time to roll up the sleeves and get back to the serious stuff of things that matter.

Like the circus that’s surrounding the new leader of the Labour Party.

It’s just over a week since Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition.

Unlike his predecessor, there were no big question marks hanging over his victory.

This was one secured by a hefty majority, with the support of groups and individuals from across the spectrum – including Conservative MPs.

It should be a time for rallying, for unity, for optimism.

Yet, looking at the front pages since his election you’d be forgiven for thinking that armageddon was upon us.

He’d scrap the army; he’d abolish the monarchy; heck, he can’t even be bothered to sing along to the national anthem.

Which would be fine if he was a Swiss banker.

But this is the man who’s supposed to be fighting to be the prime minister of Britain, a country with a proud history cloaked in the Union flagJack.

David Cameron would have been rubbing his hands together with glee.

The Queen, on the other hand, was probably keeping her head down for fear she could lose it.

As for Corbyn’s spin doctors, they must be thinking the only way to restore any bit of patriotic credentials will be by dressing him as Boudica and riding a chariot pulled by bulldogs along The Mall.

For me, Corbyn’s first few days have been very similar to the initial period greeting the Greens when they took charge of Brighton and Hove City Council.

It was completely unexpected.

It was a little unorthodox.

And it was heralded as a new dawn in the way politics is done.

There was hope by the bucketload and belief that things that have existed for years will be radically altered.

Some things may even be scrapped entirely.

But there is a problem in that the Greens and Corbyn’s core followers exist to be a voice outside of power, to shout from the sidelines but not necessarily take the tough decisions.

When the shoe is on the other foot, it’s sometimes a little different.

The new leader of the Labour Party could do worse than to look at the way the Greens adopted to power in our city.

To start off with, their ideology got in the way of making sensible decisions.

Look at the saga surrounding the Seven Dials redevelopment, which got halted and eventually altered due to an elm tree.

Or the whole issue around a “city of protest”, where people were welcomed to take to the streets at any time under the banner of free speech – something that was a throwaway comment by a senior figure but one that was picked up on by the media and is still a tag that hangs around Brighton and Hove’s neck to this day.

And do I dare mention the tourism tax...

On paper, it all seem like reasonable assertions and both match up to what was in the Green’s manifesto.

But when faced with reality, sometimes you have to be a little flexible.

Yes, Corbyn is a very experienced politician.

But when you’re in charge and you’re faced with both barrels of scrutiny, sometimes you have to remember the ‘c’ word – compromise.

It may take a little time, but I think he and his new shadow cabinet will get there eventually.

If they don’t, then we could be in for the longest silly season yet.