Voter is spotted binning a leaflet which Theresa May handed him just moments before as PM relaunches the Tory campaign

THERESA MAY today relaunched the Tory election campaign – but it appeared to start with a hitch as one voter was apparently not won over by her charm offensive.

The Prime Minister went canvassing in London with her husband Philip and candidate Zac Goldsmith, and was seen deep in conversation with a man outside his house.

Just moments after the politicians walked away, the man promptly took the leaflet they’d given him and threw it in the bin.

However, he explained that he had in fact already voted, by casting a postal ballot.

Addressing supporters later, Mrs May attempted to focus the public on the “crucial choice” between her and Jeremy Corbyn, asking: “Who do you trust to stand up for Britain?”

She slammed Labour’s top team, and told supporters that Mr Corbyn cannot become PM without “Nicola Sturgeon and the Lib Dems pulling the strings”.

Mrs May is being interviewed tonight minutes after the Labour leader in what is set to be the biggest television event of the campaign so far.

It comes after the Tories’ lead in the polls has been slipping for a week following the party’s U-turn over social care.

The Prime Minister said in a speech in Twickenham, south-west London that the main issue in the election was who will occupy Number 10.

Paying tribute to victims of the Manchester suicide bombing, she said: “When we started off on this campaign, nobody could have predicted the tragic turn that events would take.

“We continue to hold all those affected in our hearts today.

“It is right that we carry on with our life and that we don’t allow the terrorists to disrupt our way of life.”

Mrs May added: “I want to remind people of the crucial choice that they face. Who do you trust to stand up for Britain, to negotiate for Brexit and get the best possible deal for Britain in Europe?

“Brexit matters because it’s the basis for so much else. We need to ensure that we get the best possible deal for this country for Brexit.

“Who has the will, and crucially the plan, to deliver on Brexit and make a success of it?

“Those negotiations will start just 11 days after polling day and there won’t be any putting it off. It won’t be possible to stall it. The Europeans are ready. That’s the timetable that has been set.”

The PM savaged the Labour leader and his closest allies, saying: “Jeremy Corbyn has shown time and time again that he’s not up to the task of leadership – if you can’t lead your own party, how can you lead the country?”

She described Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell as “a Marxist who had to google the deficit and wants to abolish MI5”, while mocking Diane Abbott because she “can’t add up”.

In a message to voters who oppose Mr Corbyn but are reluctant to back the Tories, Mrs May said: “There is no safe way to vote Labour.

“If you don’t want Jeremy Corbyn negotiating Brexit then you have to vote for local Conservative candidates up and down the country.”

She shot down Nicola Sturgeon’s demand for a second referendum on Scottish independence, saying: “This is a General Election for who is going to be in government for the United Kingdom.

“Now is not the time, what we need to be doing now as we face this historic moment is to be pulling together not pulling apart.”

Mrs May took aim at the SNP leader’s admission that she would consider going into coalition with Labour.

She said: “Nicola Sturgeon said that Jeremy Corbyn is not capable of being Prime Minister but at the same time also said that she would prop him up and put him into government.”

She refused to comment on the party’s fall in the polls and insisted she was not trying for a fresh start to the campaign.

Mrs May said: “I never predict election results, what I say is that we get out there and we campaign and we work hard to get people’s support.”

This evening she will be grilled by Jeremy Paxman for a live broadcast on Channel 4 and Sky News which will also see Mr Corbyn be interviewed by the veteran presenter.