Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Thomson akabatana neScottish National Party pazera ramakore gumi namatanhatu muna 1981. Akava akakurumbira mune zvematongerwe enyika munguva ye
Mushandirapamwe weScotland wokuratidzira rusununguko, ne"Hongu" mushandirapamwe. Akasarudzwa senhengo yeParamende yeEdinburgh West muna 2015 aine huwandu hwevhoti 3,210 uye 39% yevhoti; nekukwira kwe25.8% kubva kuLiberal Democrat kuenda kuSNP. "The Sunday Post" yakamurondedzera somumwe wevamiriri veSNP kuti vatarise muparamende itsva. "The National" yakatsanangura Thomson se"mweya mutsva" muchiedza chechiitiko chake cheupenyu chakakura.