What like Scottish Independence vote??
One of dangers of UK (and USA) style democracy is there can be a disconnect on massive issues between what electorate really want and the political manifesto of all the main parties. UK independence from EU is a notable example. But there are others such as appropriately controlled euthanasia...where there is very likely a large majority of UK population wanting it, but no main party will ever deliver it.
That's okay if you think the people running the main parties are wonderfully wise, and the people they represent are a bit thick, not intelligent enough to know what they want. I disagree with that...and think it's the antithesis of what democracy should be about..government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Appropriate use of referendums is actually potentially an exciting and useful way to extend and improve way democracy operates.
Obviously it needs more work..some groundwork on deciding what type of issues should be decided that way. And crucially..how once decision is made, finding an efficient and effective way to implement it. I think the main reason the aftermath has gone so badly is that the people implementing it, really, really were not committed to doing it well.
And incidentally..always a bit amused on American sites to see large majority always seems to think its a bad idea on come out. I think it was a reasonably close case either way. And put it this way, I've never seen any appetite in USA/ Canada/ Mexico to form a similar arrangement to EU. And plenty of countries world wide smaller than GB operate perfectly well as completely independent countries.