Author: Clarke Roberts

The Case for Electoral Reform Has Never Been Stronger

The election is only three days away and yet the outcome is still as unclear as ever. The only certainty is that we are heading, yet again for a hung parliament. No one party will command a majority in the House of Commons leading to long deliberations as to who should govern the United Kingdom for the next five years. The majority of political commentary in recent weeks and days has focused heavily on how potential coalitions will look; will there be a shade of blue and purple? Or will Ed Miliband Continue reading [...]

Why I’m Voting Liberal Democrat

The General Election is fast approaching. The main political parties vying for our votes have published their manifestos; the campaign is in full swing. Now some of you may remember I wrote an article a few months ago, in which I defended Nick Clegg's decision to enter a coalition with the Conservatives. At the end of that article I made a bold statement: I would not vote Lib Dem again whilst Nick Clegg was the leader. This is a statement I made prematurely. It was made whilst being caught up in Continue reading [...]

Appearance on BBC’s The Big Questions

As those of you who follow my Twitter feed will know, I was asked to appear as a guest panelist for the BBC's flagship religious, ethical and political debate show, The Big Questions. The questions posed in the debate was 'Do we have free will?', a topic I have written about in the past, but haven't dedicated too much time to. I was joined by a number of guests including: Peter D. Williams – Catholic commentator Julian Baggini – Philosopher Owen Jones –Journalist Mark Mullins – Evangelical Continue reading [...]

God and the Big Bang

This essay was written as part of my Master's degree and looks at the way in which God may be understood in a contemporary context, with relation to the Big Bang cosmological understanding of the origins of the universe. 1.0 Introduction Since the Hubble Deep Space telescope captured images that suggested an expanding universe, the theory of the Big Bang has served as the most widely accepted account of how everything in existence came into being. The question of our origins had, up until this Continue reading [...]

Is the Solar Eclipse Evidence for God?

As many of you will have heard and in fact seen, today saw the celestial alignment of the Earth, its moon and the sun, resulting in a solar eclipse. A marvel to witness by anyone's standards, it demonstrates the immense power of the natural world and the universe. Scientists and astronomers are able to predict when such alignments will happen, how long they will last for and the reasons behind these occurrences, but is there anything from the eclipse that we can infer about God? I aim to demonstrate Continue reading [...]