A police spokesperson said last night that after initial inquiries and a post-mortem examination, they were not treating the death as suspicious, adding: "Further tests will be conducted to establish the exact cause of death." Mr Cameron's office released a warm tribute yesterday which suggested that the Prime Minister may privately agree with a lot of what Mr Shale had written. Mr Cameron described him as “a rock” and added: “He was a great friend and has been a huge support over the last decade in west Oxfordshire. “A big rock in my life has suddenly been rolled away. Christopher was one of the most truly generous people I’ve ever met – he was always giving to others, his time, his help, his enthusiasm and above all his love of life.” 
 
 Mr Shale had been visiting the festival – which friends said he attended every year – with his wife Nikki, 55, their 20-year-old son Alby and two children from Mrs Shale’s previous marriage: Natalia, 30, and Edoardo, 27. Last night Conservative sources said Mr Shale had received a call from a press officer on Saturday morning warning him that The Mail on Sunday was planning to publish an excoriating memo he had written about the internal state of the local Conservative Party. The memo by Shale that ended up in 'The Mail on Sunday' 
 
 Christopher Shale had bemoaned the state of the Conservative Party in a leaked memo published by 'The Mail on Sunday' yesterday, suggesting that there was "no reason to join" the Tories. The newspaper also quoted the document as saying: "Over the years, we have come across as graceless, voracious, crass, always on the take. The newspaper article carried details of a leaked strategy document written by Mr Shale warning that the continual fall in Conservative membership could be attributed to people's suspicions that if they get involved, "we'll beg and steal from them". And they’re right,” the memo said. Friends said they believed he suffered a cardiac arrest. Mr Cameron added: “Our love and prayers are with Nikki and the family. They’ve lost an amazing dad, west Oxfordshire has lost a big and wonderful man and, like so many others, Sam and I have lost a close and valued friend.” 
 
 Andrew Mitchell, the international development secretary, knew Mr Shale from trips they had been on together in Rwanda as part of a project to help young Africans prepare for work.  The body of Christopher Shale, the chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association, was discovered in a lavatory in the VIP section of Glastonbury at around 8.45am yesterday. The report was for members, it was a local initiative done with the full agreement of the national party.” 
 
 Mr Eavis later said that he had extended his “deepest sympathies” to Mr Shale’s family.
– 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.