Guardian and Scott Trust leaders faced furious staff this morning as they answered questions about the plan agreed last night to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media.

Numerous staff made impassioned speeches and there were times when Scott Trust chair Ole Jacob Sunde and Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner were openly jeered. Guardian Media Group chair Anna Bateson was also present, as was GMG chair Charles Gurassa who is understood to have read out a prepared statement.

There was standing room only in the morning conference room in the Guardian offices at King’s Place, London with more staff joining via Zoom.