TORY leader William Hague was claiming "universal" support for the Conservatives' Keep the Pound campaign after a nationwide anti-Euro onslaught over the weekend.
The Richmond MP braved the rain to address a crowd in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, on Saturday - but his speech was mirrored by fellow MPs and activities at hundreds of stalls around the UK.
Everywhere, the Tory message was the same - the looming election could prove to be Britain's last chance to save the pound from extinction.
The objective was to gather 200,000 signatures to add to the million pledges to resist a single European currency the Conservatives claim to have amassed already.
Mr Hague said: "Our initiative brings together people of all interests and occupations; students, shopkeepers, pensioners, nurses, farmers - people who may hold widely differing views on other subjects but who come together in their desire to keep the pound."
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