Al Garthwaite attributed the reduction in activity to two issues: "gradually the original activists started to get jobs and just had less time and there was also a general climate of repression as Thatcherism began to bite".
Al Garthwaite pointed out that the decrease in activity was due to two main reasons: initially, the founders became employed and had less time for their cause, and also, there was a prevailing atmosphere of suppression as Thatcherism gained momentum.