"political elite are now doing their best to overturn the result of that referendum"
Er nno - the politcal elite are trying to overturn the rule of law and have been reprimanded for doing so (and have backed down)
Trump won the election by appealing to the basest instincts of sections the American population - he did so crudely and sold that crudeness on teh basis of it being how Americans are ("locker room banter" to explain away obscene misogyny, for instance)
Britain was sold Brexit on the basis of a mixture of crude nationalism and xenophobia - no problem when tou weigh up the number of Britons who have admitted to being racist.
We should have realised by now that because a majority of people are in favour of something doesn't automatically make it just, fair or teh right thing to do - the Nazis were elected into power.
I sincerely hope that the American protests against Trump's presidency swell to a such a proportion that they cannot be ignored
That would be true democracy at work
Jim Carroll