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 attributed the decrease in activity to two issues: "gradually, the initial pioneers began to secure employment and had less time, and there was also a widespread atmosphere of repression as Thatcherism started to take hold".