Keeping us governable

Subject: Keeping us governable.

Is democracy on its knees as the crowds turn out on the streets in London. Is the use of a proroguing power, in effect closing down Parliament, by the Prime Minister against the wishes of the majority of parliamentarians, an act of treason. Should the will of the people be thwarted by those same parliamentarians or should they follow the instructions as elected representatives and fulfill what the referendum directed.
The power of a democracy lies in the willingness of the people and their political  rulers  to cohabit the same space. This ability to cohabit has always rested on a respect for parliamentary democracy in so far as it seems the best way of accepting a direction which might not be of your own choosing but which you accept is the choice of the majority. 
Trust then and a belief that the system is fair are the main ingredients but when either one or other is eroded then the edifice begins to crumble. 

When we go into the polling booth we do not elect a leader we elect a party from which a leader is drawn. The leader then is the choice of a small cabal, the parliamentary members, the MPs and the relatively small number of grass roots party members who register and pay their dues to the particulate party of their choosing.
The problem comes about when hand the choice to the cabal since their choice of whom becomes prime minister is clearly not democratic. Furthermore under our system the Prime Minister has unheard of power to do virtually what he or she desires. 
Unlike in the United States who elect separately their president and their party representatives, we have no idea who will come out on top, although it is usually the leader of the party. Over the course of a term in which general elections are held, there can be a number of people who push themselves to the top to become prime minister and, as has been seen in our last bout of self flagellation, the strangest outcomes occur. 
So is democracy flawed or perhaps our 'first past the post' variant has corrupted democracy to the extent the voter feels left out of the system and rebels when the opportunity presents itself. 
Democracy and the lack of a backstop in the form of a written constitution allows a sitting Prime Minister to ride ruff shod over the perception we had that these sort of things, like closing down parliament when we need parliamentarians to be locked up, 24/7 inside the Palace of Westminster until a decision is made as to how we handle the business of government from here on regarding Europe. How and why they closed parliament for holidays when the most important parliamentary issue for decades is due to happen in two months time, why and how they contemplate closing parliament so they can waffle away at their party conferences while potentially Rome burns is beyond me. Perhaps the issues are insoluble and no agreement reached then if so they must put it back to the people and assume that, as unscientific a vote is and more so, the collective vote of the people  it's all we have to save the democratic principle which keep us governable.