"It's like a ducking stool," a former Mail editor said.
This was reiterated in a question by Peter Wright, the former Mail on Sunday editor representing Associated Newspapers.
But Mr. Menchini said, "We will look again" at the notion of using the former mail tubes as well.
"I subsisted largely in a state of paranoia and panic for most of my time there," a former Mail journalist told me.
The current Telegraph editor, Tony Gallagher, (another former Mail man) is the ninth editor of the Daily or Sunday Telegraph in just six years.
MacGregor, a former Mail executive and seven-year veteran of the Telegraph titles, would not comment on the matter on Friday.
In fact, Wilby quotes several people who acknowledge Dacre's journalistic skills, such as former Mail (and Guardian and Independent) executive Charlie Burgess.
Simon Davies, the former Mail on Sunday ad director who was moved to the same role at the Standard, is said to have been lined up as managing director.
Should they both resign over the mistaken allegations, that would leave Overton's deputy, the former Mail on Sunday reporter Rachel Oldroyd, in charge.
Is it not truly amazing that Peter Wright, the former Mail on Sunday editor, has been named as a member of the complaints committee at the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso)?
May's existing special advisers include Elizabeth Sanderson, a former Mail on Sunday journalist who has been credited with presenting a more personal side to May's public image.
