Another story for the ‘You couldn’t make this stuff up!’ file, this time concerning a woman fired by CMC Markets, a company founded by former Conservative co-founder, Peter Cruddas:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/10119321/Female-executive-claims-City-firm-fired-me-for-being-a-woman.html

You have to ask yourself – why did the company hire her in the first place? Presumably she was a women then, too?