May had no choice but to call an election as a smoke screen, 30 sitting Mp's are under investigation for election fraud with over 20 of those mp's being in her party. which would lose her majority in government if the crown prosecution service find against them.
so far her campaign consists of nothing more than repeating the phrase "strong and stable " (44 time in one 10 minute speech is the record so far) to hand selected audiences of party members. And delaying the manifesto release in order to prevent proper scrutiny.
However it does look like her strategy is starting to wear thin even with the BBC