Skaith was also working on some rather more radical music with lyrics from an old friend of his called Mike Jones, both were members from the left wing political group Big Flame.

Skaith, Jeffries and Jones formed Latin Quarter in autumn 1983 with guitarist Richard Wright, a classically trained musician and ex-member of the Inversions, a band active on the jazz/funk scene, together with drummer Richie Stevens (who had played on Linton Kwesi Johnson album Making History).

Yona Dunsford (vocals/piano) and Carol Douet (vocals/percussion) joined the band at the end of the year, with the line-up completed by Greg Harewood on bass.

[11][12] Drummer Darren Abraham and keyboard player Martin Lascalles were new members on the follow-up album, Mick And Caroline, released in 1987, which was not as successful.

[13] The band had slimmed down to the quartet of Skaith, Wright, Harewood and Dunsford by their third album Swimming Against the Stream, released 1989 on the RCA label in Germany.

With all lyrics still written by Jones, the album was dedicated to the eleven workers at Dunnes Stores, Dublin, who were sacked for refusing to handle South Africa goods.

Their three-year fight against dismissal culminated in the Irish Government's ban on the importation of South Africa Agricultural produce.

Skaith, Wright and Jones continued as Latin Quarter, and they collaborated with The Bhundu Boys on the latter's 1993 Friends on the Road album, including a re-working of “Radio Africa” and two new songs written by members of both bands.

[16] Latin Quarter, released the albums Long Pig 1993 and Bringing Rosa Home 1997, both on German record labels.

[15]Bringing Rosa Home was recorded with drummer Blair Cunningham, percussionist Martin Ditcham, and bass player John McKenzie.

[23] In September 2016, Latin Quarter released The Imagination of Thieves, now featuring Skaith, Jeffries, Martin Ditcham (Drums), Yo Yo Buys (Bass and Guitars) and Mary Carewe (vocals, who also sang on Latin Quarter's early studio demos in the 1980s, before Modern Times was released).

[25] In addition to the band's political songs about the themes of social justice, the fear of bombing or a terrorist attack, the album also included some very personal titles.