Rebekah Brooks faces fury and tears as she announces 'you're all out of a job but I'm not'

Shock turned to rage inside the fortress Wapping yesterday that Rebecca Brooks wielded the ax to the New World.

Flanked by security as she spoke to the newsroom, former editor of the newspaper against what was described as a "lynching mentality" among his former colleagues.

Insiders said she immediately tried to blame others for the demise of the newspaper, where she led up to the allegations of phone hacking.

She told reporters gathered at the second floor of the building News International, near Tower Bridge in east London: "The Guardian newspaper were out of us, and they gave us."

If it was designed as a rallying cry, it failed.

At the meeting Ms. Brooks even had the age of 168 years of bad paper, The Independent sources.

Many staff members were in tears as it became clear that even if they lost their jobs, Ms. Brooks was still clinging to his.

She had offered his resignation twice, they said, but it was rejected.

One blogger suggested a new member of staff was applauded when he shouted: "We will accept it."

After her speech, Ms. Brooks apparently offered to speak to staff, but current editor Colin Myler said he would speak to reporters without her now underway. She turned on her heel and left, escorted by building security personnel.

A witness told the Daily Mail: "She ran away sharpish. The atmosphere was poisoned and she was not lying. "