 In 2012 he bought the domain name from Paul August Nordstrom of Singapore for $750; August had worked for McLaren and in 1997 registered the domain to himself without McLaren's knowledge.August, who said in 2013 he could "no longer recall specifically why he placed his own name as registrant ", had previously refused to pass the domain to the Malcolm McLaren Estate.Prior to the 2015 general election, he was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas.