Mick won’t be ‘political football’

Posted on Jan 28, 2012 08:01:49 AM

Mick Jagger has backed out of an event to promote Britain at the World Economic Forum, saying that he did not want to be involved in party politics.

The Rolling Stones star had been due to attend a tea party hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron to promote British talent at the annual meeting of political and economic elites in the Swiss Alps.

Political football

But Jagger said on Tuesday he was "being used as a political football", saying that British newspaper articles claiming he is backing the Conservative Cameron were "inaccurate".

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