And in 1989, even more controversially, he returned to help her in a dispute with her chancellor, Nigel Lawson, who wanted sterling to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, a prelude to the euro.

• 第二次是在1989年，这次他引起了更大的争议：撒切尔夫人同财长尼格尔.；劳森争执不下，后者希望让英镑加入欧洲汇率机制，也就是后来欧元的雏形，而艾伦爵士站到了撒切尔一方。