[Tainnor]

That's a pretty ridiculous take on what "power derived from the people" means. Neither the UK nor the US are direct democracies. In fact, unlike the Ancient world, there are almost no direct democracies today (even federal Swiss democracy has representative elements).

You can find in any representative democracy positions which, at some time, are majority positions yet not implemented in law. In the US, you have a recent example with the legality of abortions.