Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Thomson ya kasance tare da Whigs na Patriot da ke adawa da gwamnatin Robert Walpole. Wasan nasa, a fili game da Edward I da matarsa Eleanor a lokacin Ninth Crusade
, an dauke shi a matsayin hari kan manufofin Walpole da cin hanci da rashawa. Saboda wasan kwaikwayon ya fara da Edward a matsayin Yarima mai kishin kasa na Wales idan aka kwatanta da mahaifinsa Henry III, an yi kamanceceniya da alaƙar da ke tsakanin George II da ɗansa Frederick, Yariman Wales wanda ya kasance mai goyon bayan Whigs na Patriot. Thomson ya sadaukar da buga sigar wasan kwaikwayon ga matar Frederick Augusta.