Democracy is often held up as the purist, most fair form of government.
Democracy is often held up as the purist, most fair form of government.
It is also hailed as giving "the people" the most effective voice and Scottish football, of all things, might just be in the process of proving it.
The Scottish game is in ferment – and the people are getting their way. The issue of a "newco Rangers" being allowed back into the Scottish Premier League next season has been the most glaring example yet of the game's governors and power-brokers being brought to heel by the man in the street wearing his football scarf.
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