Top Tory Found Dead at Glastonbury Music Fest

A close pal of British Prime Minister David Cameron has been found dead in a VIP portable toilet at the Glastonbury Music Festival in England. The corpse of Christopher Shale was discovered the same day the Sunday Mail printed an embarrassing memo by him saying that people saw little reason to join the Conservatives. Shale, 56, was the Conservative party chairman in Cameron's district. In his memo, he attributed the fall in party membership to people's suspicions that if they get involved, "we'll beg and steal from them, and they're right."

It's not yet clear if Shale died of a heart attack or committed suicide, according to various press reports. Cameron called Shale a "close and valued friend." A "big rock in my life has suddenly been rolled away," he said. Shale's family is "absolutely devastated and shell-shocked," said a spokesman. (More Glastonbury Festival stories.)