Jagger has stated his support of the British Conservative Party, and expressed his admiration of Margaret Thatcher. In 1992, he worked with the Minister for the Arts Tim Renton and Harvey Goldsmith to launch the first UK National Music Day. He has also stated that he wishes to remain apolitical when he pulled out of a political event hosted by David Cameron in 2012 because he felt like a "political football". In August 2014, Jagger was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. Jagger was a supporter of David Cameron and was mildly in favour of Brexit, before reversing his stance on it.