“ Practically every country has a constitution stating that its power derives from the people, and a number of countries do make good on that promise.” Interes

“ Practically every country has a constitution stating that its power derives from the people, and a number of countries do make good on that promise.” Interesting claim - how would you square that with, say, the fact that majorities of “the people” in the UK support the death penalty for child murderers, and yet both main political parties have conspired to ban the death penalty? Does “power deriving” from the people differ somehow from actually implementing policies that they want? https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/03/30/britons-dont-tend-support-death-penalty-until-you- https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/0...