UK EU Referendum 72.1% voter turn out (Highest voter turn out ever in the UK's history) votes to LEAVE totalled 17,410,742 (51.9%), votes to REMAIN totalled 16,141,241 (48.1%) - This somehow is not good enough for Shaw YET in the US Presidential Election with a voter turn out of just 58.1% 61,047,207 votes for Hillary Clinton versus 60,375,962 votes for Trump represents a win for Hillary Clinton and I'd agree with him on that - pity that it is the Electoral College in the USA that elects the President. By the way if the EU Referendum had been based on voter district result detailed in Iain's post then it would have been 68.85% LEAVE against 31.15% REMAIN.

The two can be compared because they are both EITHER, OR decisions.

If politicians are not bound by the results thrown up by Referenda then why on earth should we have them? Should Brexit be blocked or overturned by Parliament then our self-serving, trough guzzling, "professional politicians" in the UK will see exactly what an electorate whose wishes have been ignored can do come the next election (The backlash against the establishment in the US that saw Trump elected will be as nothing in comparison).