Keith Vaz criticised after he says Theresa May 'looks thin' "I thought it was a rather silly and thoughtless remark from Keith," she told BBC Radio 4. I know Keith, he's not by nature unpleasant, but I think this remark just came across as rather patronising. "If we were talking about a male Home Secretary who had lost a bit of weight I'm sure that no Member of Parliament would comment," Mrs Nokes said. I'm reasonably confident as a women in politics who has had to bear the brunt of comments about my own weight, that actually this is something that is frequently dished out to women MPs that isn't done to the same extent to men. Helen Grant, the equalities minister, told the London Evening Standard: "[Mrs May] looks fantastic, she is fantastic. She works incredibly hard. Harriett Baldwin, Tory MP for West Worcestershire, added that she was sure Mr Vaz "would apologise if he thought about it." Mrs May, 56, who is fiercely protective of her private life, works out regularly at the gym and holidays in Switzerland where she goes mountain walking.