Small Wins

It's very easy, at this moment in British history, to allow yourself to become despondent about the state of the nation. About the inability of government, media and thought leaders to advocate for change. About the failure to deliver any world changing projects or schemes. About the general attitude of "will this do?"It's easy, in all of this, to miss when something good actually happens. When there is a change that will directly improve the lives of people in the country. Which is why I went to the Midlands.In the last few weeks the West Midlands Railway has acquired two new lines, long orange streaks across the map on routes that weren't previously open to passengers (at least, not in this century). Those railway lines gifted a total of five new stations to the map. Five new chances for travel, regeneration and opportunity. Obviously I had to visit them.My first port of call was Willenhall, on the new line between Wolverhampton and Walsall. It's a former freight line that now lets…