It does appear that you're not exactly Mr Current Affairs.
As you know (at least you really should), this is an issue which has been started, and continued, by the government who - in their own words - wanted a fight with the unions. True, ASLEF and the RMT could have played this better and...
Meanwhile...
The judicial review into the government's handling of the Southern contract (among other issues) has been rejected by a single judge, as the application 'lacked interest'. No consideration was given to the merits of the application, merely that it was done by a single group (albeit...