If the markets had behaved badly that would obviously add to people's sense of alarm... but there has been a lot of reassurance coming particularly in the way the Brits handled all this. There seems to be no great fear that something like that is going to happen here.
And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic accountable and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
