Let's see how.. They may very well be decent sensible people,but this is something outside your, their and my experience.,so sensible they may be but prudent is not the adjective I would add. .
If the UK had been bounced into a war footing, against their will, and without planning then the response of stuff upper lip, gritting teeth and making the best of a rum deal and just getting on with it would be a justified reaction. But that is not the situation .
A " no deal" means a" no deal ", not a lesser deal but a no deal. There are no contingencies set up, no reciprocal landing right, no customs posts set up, no mechanisms for checking goods, no insurance provisions . That is not a project fear scenario, that is the current situation. Have you seen the diggers in place carving out the lorry parks? Have you seen the tenders for provision of new IT services. The only sign of a no deal is that prospective civil servants may be asked to work overtime!. And this for what is reckoned as the most serious event in 70 years, and starting in 3 months time!.
And yet again and for the very very slow learners out there . The British people who voted produced virtually a balance between leave and remain... 600,000 people out of 34,000,000 ticked one box differently than the other. They did not necessarily want a no plan , no deal situation.