The Home Secretary and frontrunner to become the next Tory leader and Prime Minister said back in May Britons "benefit a great deal" from Sharia teachings.

Mrs May, who is competing with Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove to lead the Conservative Party, did also warn it was being "misused" and "exploited" to discriminate against Muslim women.

Speaking on LBC, outspoken and controversial commentator Hopkins hit out at the Home Secretary.

She said: "I think it’s absolutely charming – not.

"She said many British people 'benefit a great deal' from Sharia law. Well that’s lovely Theresa May, isn’t it?"