Worrying to see a judge flout public opinion and fairness in this way. Judging by the Telegraph (not called the Torygraph for nothing), the government is gunning for the civil service and for judges:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/27/mps-have-shamefully-allowed-judges-green-activists-call-shots/
Was it too much to ask that ministers and MPs across the House prioritised the interests of the British people and the economy and listened less to the self-appointed, self-important, self-righteous climate protesters? Was it too much to ask that such decisions are decided at the ballot box rather than at street protests? Was it too much to ask that ministers make positive, decisive and swift action on a matter of national importance before allowing the judges to swoop in and usurp their role?
It turns out that the answer to all three questions was “yes”. And now we will all pay the price.
and even more starkly: www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/02/26/arrogant-overrated-civil-service-must-now-face-political-reckoning/
Will the Treasury still be allowed to “veto” new ideas, the Cabinet Office to block non Left-wingers from public appointments, the defence establishment to buy overpriced, overspecced and irrelevant kit, and a self-perpetuating Foreign Office oligarchy to instruct Downing Street what to think about Israel or China? And are we happy that it is judges, not politicians, to whom we entrust deciding whether Heathrow expansion should be given the go-ahead?
The institutitonal capture by TRA ideology - visible in civil society, the civil service, corporate life, charities and public services - shows that we need all the checks and balances in a society. Judges should exercise independence from the government, by all means, but Judge Mooney wasn't being "independent", he was being indulgent; and any pushback coming to him won't just affect him, but his more fair-minded colleagues, too 
. Yes, this will affect all people who depend on the law to life in safety and peace, rather than having to fear a hammer-wielding maniac with an alcohol problem, who has been emboldened by getting away with a crime. I don't even wish that on Brighton.