Alex Salmond and his supporters hold an uncompromising position on Scottish independence. That cause is to be given priority over everything else, while in recent days Salmond has hinted that it might be pursued unilaterally and without a referendum.
That kind of line can create a mass movement from scratch, whereas supposedly popular "centrism" cannot. Look at the European Elections of 2019. Compare and contrast the respective fates of the Brexit Party and of Change UK.
Then look at the decline of the Labour Party from its pro-Brexit and anti-austerity position at the 2017 General Election, through its anti-Brexit and barely anti-austerity position in 2019, to its pitiful condition under Keir Starmer. In the other direction, see the difference in the performance of the Conservative Party between the General Elections of 2017 and 2019, again including the last European Elections.
This is what "centrists" hate about Salmond, about Nigel Farage, about Jeremy Corbyn, about George Galloway. What they really hate are the beastly little common people who massively prefer those to them.
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