Liz Jones, the Daily Mail columnist, has sparked outrage, amusement and bemusement after claiming she once stole her boyfriend’s sperm so she could get pregnant.

In Thursday’s stomach-churning confession, tagged online as: "Liz Jones makes her most shocking confession yet," she talks about her longing desire to have a child.

Jones reveals that during a particularly broody time of her life (in her late 30s if you must know) she hatched a cunning plan.

She tells the Daily Mail’s millions of readers that despite her boyfriend, Trevor, being "wildly unsuitable" because he didn’t want children she: "Resolved to steal his sperm from him in the middle of the night.

"I thought it was my right, given that he was living with me and I had bought him many, many M&S ready meals.

"The ‘theft’ itself was alarmingly easy to carry out. One night, after sex, I took the used condom and, in the privacy of the bathroom, I did what I had to do. Bingo."

It doesn’t end there.

"As it turned out, my attempts to get pregnant by Trevor failed, and shortly afterwards he and I split up.

"But my dreams of motherhood persisted, and I resorted to similarly secretive methods to conceive in my next relationship."

Now Twitter has been deluged with reaction to the article and "Liz Jones" has become Thursday's second-top trending term in the UK.

MP Louise Mensch tweeted: "Enough Liz Jones tweets please. I just had breakfast."

Lauren Laverne added: "In all seriousness, am worried for Liz Jones."

Alex Goy said: "Liz Jones' latest piece in in the Mail is one of the most vile chunks of prose ever thrown onto a page. How that got through I do not know."

And Naiomi Madden-Smith tweeted: "Well I have never heard so much rubbish in all my life. Not all women are that devious Liz Jones!"

Do you agree with Liz Jones? What is the most extreme thing you’ve done to get pregnant? Tell us by commenting below.