What does Brexit mean for London?

The need for tax reform has always been there but now is as good a time as any to begin to introduce it. Today most of the "rates" paid on property are based on the size of the building, the number of floore, the floor area, etc. This system is wrong because it inhibits the building of more useful properties since he/she has limited capital for investment in the building developments. Instead the rates should be based on LAND VALUES. This does not place any restriction on the amount of development but it does ensure that the most useful and best sites are used to their maximum capacity and that speculation in sites (as their values rise with improved infrastructures) is no longer worthwhile.

The theory for this was presentsd by American (US) economist Henry George in 1879 in his classic book "Progress and Poverty". It sold 3 million and is still in print! In parts of Pitsburg and othe regions of the US a system of rating was tried where some of the tax was based on land value and some on floor area. It helped to encourage the developments, but it was not held to be so successful because it was done insincerely and stopped the land monopolist lobby from making gains. So before it is thied in London the municipilites should first ensure that tyhe politics of these lobbys are not allowed to interfere.

It means the biggest mistake we will ever make in our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren
We will not stop the immigration of non European persons, these are the persons that come here with nothing and expect everything. The Europeans come here to work to do the work that residents of uk do not want to undertake, we already have control of our borders I and everyone reading this have never just slipped into Britain we gain far more by being part of the European community than we loose. We have a trade agreement already and we are negotiating for the same. Also if you want to expand these trade deals for the rest of the world, listen to what these countries want in return, free passage for there citizens, this is what was required on Mrs May’s trip to India. Wake up people we are going to regret leaving Europe and this is a fact not some ideal gossip or information spread by the Brexiteers to cause panic and mayhem

I quite agree with Outragedofbarnet.

If the younger members of the population got more involved with the low skilled oportunities instead of expecting money for very little, or nothing, the crime and gang culture would probably fal,l if general attitudes went back to the culture I grew up with. i.e. You worked and saved for anything you wanted and did not expect anything to be given to you, starting at the bottom and working your way up a ladder  

Another problem is THE MAYOR who is so obviously pro EU and therefore appears to be doing all he can against the country's democratic  decision.

I don't think that EU citizens working and living in the UK are going to be affected by Brexit.

EU basically has open borders - anybody from N Africa, Middle East, Asia etc can come into EU
on the pretext of asylum / refugees.  I expect Brexit to stop these new EU immigrants to simply
walk into the UK.  We already have a huge pressure on public services, NHS etc and we don't
want to make it worse.

Yep, secede from the UK - become a City State and join the EU...

London Needs to declair independence from England and become a City State, and remail a member of the EU.

The people of London want to remain in the EU, we have a strong regional government and it would be economically prudent to remain in the EU and in reality we will probably be better off with out the rest of England, especially if it leaves the EU.

What am I worried about?  Where to start!  I have always loved to be part of the European community.  For almost 40 years I have run The London Au Pair & Nanny Agency bringing over young people "on a cultural and linguistic experience" from mainland Europe to my lovely host-families in London where they live with the family and lend a hand with childcare. They attend a local language school to improve their English.  This enables hard-working [not super-rich] parents to continue in their jobs knowing that their children will be cared for before and after-school.  Without an Au Pair the parents' jobs will be extremely vulnerable.  The government will not give the Au Pair industry any assurances that this precious programme will continue.  Au Pairs have been coming here from mainland Europe for the past 120 years.  They have never been asked to pay a high sum of money for a visa or to prove that they have a few thousand pounds in the bank before being granted permission to stay.  These are very scary times.

Job losses already started in the City, especially in large insurers, as companies relocate head offices to Dublin or Luxembourg (just in case it goes pear shaped)

Not in press as not the same as a car plant up north closing, but massive negative effect already impacting people, and less tax being paid as a result 

Great opportunity for young Londoners to roll their sleves up and get working and involved. This is their City  they must stand up for it. I'd like to see the reliance on unskilled staff move away from wholey reliant on the EU to becoming a role of choice for UK origionated/ permenetly dominciled  people.