Martine Croxall, 56, has won a legion of new fans after she dismissed an autocue line instructing her to say 'pregnant people', replacing it with 'women' instead.
In an extraordinary interview broadcast just moments after the Supreme Court ruling, Heather Herbert, a trans campaigner provoked a furious response from Croxall.
Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh were due to begin proceedings on Monday after claiming they had lost out on a top flight job in a 'rigged' recruitment process.