[Smithy]

A close friend of the Prime Minister has been found dead in mysterious circumstances at Glastonbury Festival.
Senior Tory Christopher Shale, 56, was discovered slumped in a portable toilet in a backstage VIP area.

David Cameron said he was "devastated" as he described his constituency chairman as a valued friend and a "big rock" in his life.

Initial suggestions from Michael Eavis that the wealthy businessman's death could be a "suicide situation" were dismissed by police, who added that a post-mortem examination is due to take place. Sources said it was believed he suffered a heart attack, although police have described the death as "unexplained".

Festival founder Eavis later expressed his "deepest sympathy" as a police probe was launched on 900-acre Worthy Farm.

Mr Shale, a father in his 50s, was staying with his family in a Winnebago surrounded by a host of celebrities and performers. The death came just hours after he was quoted in the Mail on Sunday bemoaning difficulties his party faces in recruiting new members.

Mr Cameron, the MP for Witney, said he and wife Samantha were great friends of Mr Shale's. "Sam and I were devastated to hear the news about Christopher," the Prime Minister said.

The West Oxfordshire Conservative Association chairman was "a great friend and has been a huge support over the last decade" in the constituency, Mr Cameron added. He said: "A big rock in my life has suddenly been rolled away."

A distraught woman, staying in the backstage area between the Pyramid and other stages, was seen being comforted by officers on Sunday morning. Police confirmed several relatives were present at the site.

Mr Shale was quoted in a Conservative strategy document leaked to the Sunday tabloid. Referring to Tory party membership, he was reported to have written: "No reason to join. Lots of reasons not

[GypsyGoth]

I bet it was a drug overdose.

[arista]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I bet it was a drug overdose.

No sadly his ticker stopped (Heart Attack)
while on the bog.

[Doogle]

Not really surprising.

[Smithy]

updated the OP, looking by who it was, i'd doubt it :s

[Pyramid*]

I would like to point out that I was not there, I know nothing about it.





Seriously though.... 56 year old business man dies, possibly of a heart attack. Is that really news - given that the vast majority on tibbs won't even have a clue who he was (if they are honest!)

[Jordan.]

A message to the oldies to not try be hip

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

A message to the oldies to not try be hip

I love you.

When I wrote my post I was like 'Oh I hope that doesn't sound to insensitive' and then I see what you write

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

A message to the oldies to not try be hip

Originally Posted by Patrick

1. Being found dead in a toilet at a festival - pretty awesome none the less, sounds like something from a game.

2. WTF was a 56 Year Old Politician doing at Glastonbury?

Originally Posted by Patrick

I love you.

When I wrote my post I was like 'Oh I hope that doesn't sound to insensitive' and then I see what you write

Droll, the pair of you, very droll.

You do realise that if it wasn't for people like him, and his age group - they tend to help finance, back and organise and host such big events - there would BE no Glastonbury.

here's a bit of knowledge for you both: you might want to wipe the grins off your faces !!

Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born 17 October 1935), is an English dairy farmer and the founder of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place on his farm.

Festival
Divorcing from his first wife Ruth in 1964 with whom he had three children, in 1969 Eavis and his second wife Jean Hayball visited the Bath Festival of Blues. Inspired by seeing the performance of Led Zeppelin, they hosted a free festival the following year. This developed into the Glastonbury Festival as it is known today. Jean died in 1999, since then their daughter Emily has taken a more active role in running the event. In common with his mother and his second wife, Eavis remains a regular Methodist chapel-goer. Eavis has since remarried his third wife, Liz.
In 2010, the festival's 40th year, he appeared on the main stage at the Festival, with headline artist Stevie Wonder, to sing the chorus of the latter's "Happy Birthday".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eavis

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Droll, the pair of you, very droll.

You do realise that if it wasn't for people like him, and his age group - they tend to help finance, back and organise and host such big events - there would BE no Glastonbury.

here's a bit of knowledge for you both: you might want to wipe the grins off your faces !!

Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born 17 October 1935), is an English dairy farmer and the founder of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place on his farm.

[Doogle]

Originally Posted by Patrick

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Droll, the pair of you, very droll.

You do realise that if it wasn't for people like him, and his age group - they tend to help finance, back and organise and host such big events - there would BE no Glastonbury.

here's a bit of knowledge for you both: you might want to wipe the grins off your faces !!

Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born 17 October 1935), is an English dairy farmer and the founder of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place on his farm.


Festival
Divorcing from his first wife Ruth in 1964 with whom he had three children, in 1969 Eavis and his second wife Jean Hayball visited the Bath Festival of Blues. Inspired by seeing the performance of Led Zeppelin, they hosted a free festival the following year. This developed into the Glastonbury Festival as it is known today. Jean died in 1999, since then their daughter Emily has taken a more active role in running the event. In common with his mother and his second wife, Eavis remains a regular Methodist chapel-goer. Eavis has since remarried his third wife, Liz.
In 2010, the festival's 40th year, he appeared on the main stage at the Festival, with headline artist Stevie Wonder, to sing the chorus of the latter's "Happy Birthday".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eavis

Didn't read

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Didn't read

I wonder why ! Seems you made a wee bit of a fool of yourself there Jordan.... ach, not to worry. We all do it now and then.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Didn't read

rofl

[Marc]

Woah. Strange

[Patrick]

1. Being found dead in a toilet at a festival - pretty awesome none the less, sounds like something from a game.

2. WTF was a 56 Year Old Politician doing at Glastonbury?

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by Patrick

WTF was a 56 Year Old Politician doing at Glastonbury?

same reason as anyone else..?

[Locke.]

This will be Pyramid in 2012

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Locke.

This will be Pyramid in 2012

Don't be silly. I'll not be 56 next year.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Don't be silly. I'll not be 56 next year.

You know who you remind me of Pyramid?

A Less annoying Wombai.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Patrick

You know who you remind me of Pyramid?

A Less annoying Wombai.

No idea what you are talking about. Care even less.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

No idea what you are talking about. Care even less.

Yeah because you joined like 3 Months after she got banned.

And you've just annoyed me, so now you're just like Wombai.

[Jordan.]

You'd know

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

You'd know

I certainly know far more about Glastonbury, the people that founded it and more about them that you do: given that you were having a dig at older people: when it's these very same older people that allow Glastonbury to actually happen.

[Patrick]

What on earth are you talking about?