UK PM "Devastated" by Aide's Death

The Daily Telegraph reports:

Christopher Shale, a close friend and political ally of David Cameron, died at the Glastonbury festival shortly after receiving a call from Downing Street warning him that criticisms he had made of the Tory party were about to be made public.

Christopher Shale, 56, was discovered dead in a portable lavatory in the festival’s VIP backstage area yesterday morning after being missing for almost 24 hours.

Initially it was reported that the chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association had killed himself after the festival organiser, Michael Eavis, told journalists that it was a “suicide situation”.

But friends and police sources rejected the suggestion, saying that he had a “massive heart attack”. Somerset Police have confirmed that the death is not being treated as suspicious.

Last night, Mr Cameron said he was “devastated” by the death of Mr Shale, who was the Conservative Party chairman in the Prime Minister’s constituency.