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It's an Act of Parliament, and elected representatives passed it. That's most certainly an example of representative democracy. Or rather, the limits of representative democracy.

This is how "democracy" works: the candidates lie, they get voted in, then you have no say for 4 years. Repeat.

Exactly, it's hardly like we gave them a mandate to screw everybody in London over.

I think that the UK.gov were forced by the IOC to promise that they would get the law passed before they could submit a O*c bid.

Basically they waited until the last minute then it just happened without any consultation.