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My hair, Fellaini, World Cup, Brexit

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I read an article in the Guardian last week that perms/moppy hair styles were back. I shared this article in jest amongst my close friends on Whats App. They love to ridicule my hair and I wanted to let them know that my hair style was coming home.

As an Estate Agent I should have short neat hair and wear a tie. That's precisely why I don't. I would like to break free of this stereotype thank you! My Father had big hair but by my age now it all started to fall out. My Mummy assures me that I have her Father's genes and all will be okay. Enjoy what you have before its gone.

But my hair has been the butt of jokes throughout the world cup. I have received heckles: "Hey Fellaini get out of the ***** way", I received when England played its 2nd pool game against Belgium. Of course I was in the pub. I did wonder during this game - if should we had won - would we have re-hashed our favourite sing-a-long song to: "Its coming home, it's coming home, its coming....Brexit's coming home". This would have been typically English, witty and comedic to hear.

Which leads me to conclude on this Brexit debacle. The property market is moaning and groaning for clarity. As someone that voted to remain in the EU, I can see the negative impact the Brexit process is having on a dead sales market and a negative leaning rental market. Ex-pat Tenant numbers are down in prime central London and if you go further afield to greater London areas (i.e. popular with immigrants), Tenant demand for rental properties has certainly cooled.

We are between a rock and a hard place on Brexit. I see three options:

No. 1: Procrastinate intentionally as long as it takes to slowly do Brexit and unpick it all apart (lengthening and diluting the pain). *Maybe Ray Dalio would argue this as an example of a "beautiful deleveraging".

No. 2: Procrastinate and stall in the hope that the EU may be willing to re-shape / reform enough that it convinces Brexiters to want to remain.

No. 3: Crash out of the European Union and do Brexit hard.

The first and second can happen at once. I believe Theresa May is going for this method to give us the ability to turn and pivot. Time ticks, and with other countries events unfolding, this shapes how we may decide to move forwards. The third is very risky and I think is not something either the UK or EU will allow to happen. Besides - to a passionate Brexiter this should have been actioned immediately after winning the Brexit vote.

Those that argue for the public to re-vote is dangerous and I disagree with that occurring. It would produce a hostile reaction from the public. I recognise that this makes option two sound contradictory.

We are in a lull that could go on for a very long time. I further see out of the corner of my eye this increasingly growing thing called Protectionism. Could this be the new dynamism of our futures? I'm left feeling more confused as ever, trying to be open to the changing possibilities but certainly remaining sure of one thing - we can't place our lives on hold. Bricks and mortar is still the safest gamble on the planet. Keep calm and carry on ;-). It's coming home.

* A beautiful deleveraging balances the three options. In other words, there is a certain amount of austerity, there is a certain amount of debt restructuring, and there is a certain amount of printing of money. When done in the right mix, it isn't dramatic. (Ray Dalio on a "beautiful deleveraging"). Dalio is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist.

05/07/18