Gay poverty campaigner Jack Monroe has condemned "homophobic, deadnaming, ignorant" comments made by columnist Sarah Vine about her decision to become a mother in a same sex relationship.

In a particularly caustic attack, she also went on to criticise the food blogger’s family life, claiming that while Cameron hadn’t chosen his unfortunate circumstances, it was Monroe’s decisions that led to her poverty.

Sarah Vine with Samantha Cameron in 2010 (PA)

“But there is one factor that differentiates her hardships from Cameron’s,” she writes. “His was accidental, some terrible twist of fate. Hers was, if not by design, then at the very least by choice.

“To readers wondering how, as a lesbian, she got pregnant in the first place, her son was the result of a relationship with a man, shortly after which she realised she was attracted to women,” she continues.

“Born Melissa, in 2012 she changed her name to Jack.

“No one forced her to have a child. Indeed, if she was in anyway uncertain of her sexual orientation, arguably she should have taken greater precautions. But it seems that Ms Monroe isn’t one for assuming responsibility for her actions.”

Monroe lambasted the remarks on Twitter, posting the following response to Vine:

Vine’s column comes as Monroe denied that she had been dropped as a blogger for Sainsbury’s following her controversial tweet about David Cameron.

“They haven’t said anything of the sort to me, no,” she told the Huffington Post UK. “I think it would be unusual for them to discuss it with a newspaper first...”