Waxad qortaa sii wadida cutubkan - Thomson wuxuu ku biiray xisbiga Scottish National Party isagoo lix iyo toban jir ah 1981kii. Waxay siyaasad ahaan caan ku noqotay ololihii aftidii madaxbannaanida ee Scotland
, iyo ololaha "Haa". Waxaa loo doortay xildhibaanada baarlamaanka ee Edinburgh West sanadkii 2015 iyada oo leh aqlabiyad ah 3,210 cod iyo saamiga 39% ee codadka; iyadoo 25.8% ay ka soo wareegtay Liberal Democrat ilaa SNP. "The Sunday Post" ayaa ku tilmaamtay inay tahay mid ka mid ah xildhibaanada SNP ee la ilaalinayo baarlamaanka cusub. "The National" ayaa ku tilmaantay Thomson inay tahay "neef neef hawo nadiif ah" iyadoo la eegayo khibradeeda nolosha ee ballaaran.