 <unk> is a supporter of the Labour Party . Until 2012 <unk> had publicly supported the Liberal Democrats , and before the 2010 general election <unk> endorsed Nick <unk> , the <unk> <unk> leader . In 2012 , however , <unk> switched his allegiance to Labour , citing disappointment with the performance of Nick <unk> and the <unk> <unk> in government , and <unk> of the Labour leader , Ed <unk> . In September 2015 , he endorsed Jeremy <unk> in the 2015 leadership contest to succeed <unk> . He is a supporter of a British republic . At the age of sixteen , <unk> became the youngest non @-@ royal ever to have an individual portrait in Britain 's National Portrait Gallery ( <unk> ) . On 13 April 2006 his portrait , drawn by Stuart Pearson Wright , was unveiled as part of a new exhibition opening at the Royal National Theatre ; it was then moved to the <unk> where it resides . 
