Brexit bullies and the real meaning of democracy

JC Wilcox seems to have permanently confused beliefs about relatively simple issues.
Example: Saying that “nothing is more fundamental to democracy than a referendum” is obviously nonsense, and conveniently ignores the greater importance of general elections to the democratic process. Referenda are usually single-issue events, whereas a real election covers a multiplicity of issues fought between competing political opponents, and which determine the ensuing political complexion of a government that rules by, and for, the people. As such, suggesting that a referendum is also an equally or greater basic aspect of the national electoral conversation is balderdash.
Moreover, the preposterous assertion that the British judiciary deserve, by implication, a torrent of abuse and opprobrium merely for fulfilling the independent function they discharge in a mature democracy is undiluted foolishness, and lacks understanding of how this organ of government works. Not least, of course, with regard to the judges’ being independent and thereby constitutionally unable to defend themselves, a matter which is within the purview of the Lord Chancellor, and which he or she should do on their behalf when appropriate.
Anyone deluded enough to attack the judges fails to grasp the essence of an instrument that is at the heart of a democratic state and the rule of law, and threatens to seriously undermine an institution that is critical to the functioning of a country and its claims to legitimacy.
Dr Frank