What does Brexit mean for London?

Brexit for London, according to me at least, has already meant so far a shameless increase in the cost of living due to the scaremongering tactics of businesses and supermarkets, which month by month increase their merchandise prices with the excuse of Brexit. If living in the capital is already unbereable now, how will it be from March 2019? Many people I know have left in the wake of the referendum alone; I stay because I consciously chose long time ago this Country above my birth place. I am patiently waiting for the Settled Status form to materilise; it should have been ready by now, but the "by December 2018" has become "by March 2019, than "by December 2019". For residents like me, the Uncertainty Monster is always larking out there.

grit our teeth and keep on being Londoners meanwhile deselect ALL pro Brexit MPs & Councillors.

I think the greatest challenges relate to the anger felt by so many-especially young people- at this crazy deal in leaving the EU, keeping our status as a leading financial centre, dealing with the resentments from many EU members at the duplicious way we have dealy with them for nearly 3 years and leading the movement to seek to rejoin in the future which will sadly be on much worse terms than we now enjoy. As Simon Jenkins has pointed out we have done this 'leave' and 'rejoin' 7 times in the last 200 years so the wheel is bound to turn again.That said we must still fight for a Peoples Vote as only the public can sort out this terrible mess exacerbated today by the challenge to remove the PM from the extreme right brexiters.

It appears that the disarray in the government we are likely to be heading to crash out of the EU. This will cause many issues some of which are predictable and others will be unforeseen.There will probably be sort term issues with things like imported foods which will particularly impact London. In the longer term the impact on the financial, insurance and stock markets may be significant. However there is a reason why London to a world centre in these fields which is the regulatory back ground which is essentially permissive. That is you can do anything unless it is prohibited specifically. Many European systems work the other way where you need permission before you can do things. This stifles innovation  and progress.

It is likely that these industries will still remain in London in the long term, but maintain a local presence in the EU, as they do in other areas. The mayor needs to work with these industries to do what he can to smooth the ride.

Perhaps the Mayor could also support the people's vote, to give the people the choice of whether they still want to leave the EU now they know what it means, and if they want to leave whether the government should accept the deal on offer or leave with no deal.

Rather tired of our Mayor worrying about the status of EU citizens in this country post-Brexit. They have been assured that they will be permitted to remain even if we leave on WTO terms, and I would ask that the mayor focus attention on the fact that British citizens in the EU have received no such assurances. At the moment we have a massive trade deficit with Europe and I believe the future looks bright so long as Brexit is delivered in line with the 2016 ‘People’s Vote’

As a gay man with an Asian partner (who also voted to leave the EU), I was one who originally voted very enthusiastically for the Common Market at the time. However it was so disappointing to see how it developed, over the ensuing 40 years, into a pan European superstate and well away from what it was sold to the electorate as, a trading bloc. I did applaud its consumer protection and privacy laws but thats not something we couldnt have done ourselves with our own lawmakers.

Its understandable people fear change but London and Londoners have gone through many significant changes over the last 20 centuries and survived to be stronger. Its the same now.

'What do you think are the biggest opportunities and challenges for London after Brexit? What’s on your mind or what are you worried about?'

The question being asked when Brexit hasn't fully and faithfully been instituted yet is a disingenous question at the present time when we can see that everything possible is playing out to frustrate and turn Brexit around. As a London Brexiteer I stand firm in solidarity with all Brexit folk wherever they hail whether from London or elsewhere. Brexit was democratically chosen 'of the people by the people for the people'. Brexit must be delivered 'no ifs no buts' as John Bercow frequently says in The House of Commons. 

It will be a disaster. If Brexit does come, and I am still hopeful it won't, we will all be poorer, it will be more difficult especially for young people to get a job, and as a whole, we will have less to say but will still have to follow at least some of the EU rules. Travelling will be come difficult, we will have to apply for visas everywhere. Look at countries such as Switzerland, they wanted to live in splendid isolation, it did not work, they, although grudgingly, had to accept a lot of the EU rules and regulations in order to trade.

My main concern is the future of this nation, most expecialy our tomrrow I mean our children.Because I'm seen the issue of Brexit as someone who dicided to build a house without first sit down and plan the cost.You know what it means.

For two years now the Brexit has created alot of pandimonion and confusion and we did not bagin for this.

Think of NHS, economy, jobs , education and climate change everything is at stak.

Please let us stay and and sit down and plan for better futurte that will bring back the greateness of Britain.

God bless.

Well personally, i think we have been sold out by both parties for a number of years ( i would like this government overturned, in replace of ??????? that's the problem ) - why do the germans own our thames water, why do the french own the energy, bridges and more, india and middle east own most of our land properties, and not to mention all our public services are privately owned, schools, hospitals and railways. Being in or out of the EU is irelavent as the bigger picture is grimm, WHERE IS OUR BASIC ECONOMICS???? we teach our kids no skills what so ever!!!! we are even behind with technology, the eastern europeans and the indians are well in front of our kids, we don't grow or produce our own food, people get rich out of peoples homes, wages are far too low and don't get me started on capitalism, the whole world is now being run by super companies Google , amazon, lever, !!!, actually the UK is the one of the worst at it, we are the product of consumer hype?? why do we have to buy soooooooo much rubbish. OHHH its all about the finance industry and the GDP of money that comes in the city and straight back out again i dont call this basic economics??? why does france, Germany, spain still own lots of industries, really no wonder we are a laughing stock, i rank us the same as Greece, we have notthing to offer the rest of the world, they are all just coming and taking a little bit of this country BECAUSE THEY CAN???? The future for this country will be a tax haven for the rich, along side all the service industries that the filthy rich require and a giant museum of history of Great Britain, I could keep going but i have said quite enough, so i dont really care for brexit anymore, as i can see the bigger picture of being sold out!!!!

London will be as badly affected by Brexit as the rest of the country. We need to remain in the EU to maintain and improve our standard of living.  Brexit  has reduced our ability to improve our public services and if we leave this situation will be even worse.

NHS, education, social care....

I am tempted to suggest London does not exit from the EU, and remains part of it, while the bits of the country that want it can go their own way. Extreme, yes, but so is Brexit.

I'm always hearing the term "What the people democratically voted for..." Hold up a second. No one voted for what is on the table now. No one had any idea of what the consequences were to be. But we sure know now!

So why is it that these same people who use the above term, now, don't want "the people" to vote what they democratically want now? Now that they are more fully informed. Now that the lies that the Brexiteers undemocratically campaigned with, have been uncovered? Surely now would give you a better idea of what the people want? What are brexiteers scared of? Surely not democracy?

PM's deal? - No deal? - No brexit?

In terms of anything other than No Brexit, we now know the real detrimental impact these choices will have on our country: the economy and the financial cost each person will have to pay, the issue with the borders with Northern Ireland, loss of jobs, loss of businesses leaving the UK ... not project fear; it's happening already, never mind if it happened for real?!? and for what?

For a decision, that was made 2 years ago, for a deal we didn't know anything about? Thats like going to a car dealer, saying Ive decided I want to buy a car; 2 years later the dealer gives you a car, no engine, no wheels ... You decided. You got what you wanted.

We were a member of a presigious club that we had a say in.

I don't know of any club I can leave but then pick and choose what benefits I want to keep!?! Who does that?

Is this what would happen if Boris' , Gove's and Mr Posh Rodney's (Rees-Mogg) left their boy's club? I think not.

What laws did we disagree with that were passed in the EU that were so bad that we come to this? We were a prosperous group of countries, a hub of the financial services. And now? (Sigh)...

London, regardless of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, needs to encourage the development and growth of technology-related industries. Too much of the tech sector is concentrated in the US (specifically Silicon Valley) and China (Shainhai and Guangzhou). Europe has falled significantly behind in these areas. London has the capacity and resources to foster growth through innovation.

This can be achieved through favourable tax incentives for priority industries (FinTech, Data Privacy, specialised AI development etc), provision of education and training in priority areas in conjunction with the Corporate sector to develop and retain human capital and foster long-term growth. Physical infrastructure investment is there. Investment in other areas is needed to nmaximise the overall return for London and the whole UK.