Ka cika wannan jumlar: MacSweeney da Randell sun rabu a shekara ta 1979. An yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar punk, MacSweeney ya fara aiki a kan jerin "State of the Nation" Bulletins, ciki har da "Colonel B", "Jury Vet", "Liz Hard", da kuma "Wild Knitting". Waɗannan ayyukan na nuna ƙarfi da lalata suna ci gaba da kawo rarrabuwa. Ga Peter Riley, su ne "babban bala'i a cikin aikin Barry". Sauran masu sukar, ciki har da John Wilkinson, Marianne Morris, William Rowe, da Luke Roberts, sun yi jayayya game da mahimmancin siyasa na wannan rubutun, a matsayin hari ga gwamnatin Conservative Margaret Thatcher da kuma mayar da martani ga ABC Trial da kuma nau'ikan tashin hankali na jihar kamar Falklands War da kuma matsaloli. MacSweeney ya sake yin aure a karo na biyu a 1983, amma ya sake yin aure ba da daɗewa ba. Ya koma Bradford a 1983, kuma ya kasance a matsayin mai ba da rahoto a
Gobarar filin wasa na Bradford City a shekara ta 1985.