News
1st July 2026
Director resigns from CDUK
Diverse Diversity Campaign Director Ken Petrie resigned yesterday from his rôle at Christian Democracy UK citing the need to keep the Campaign free from “any ideology other than the honest pursuit of openness and truth” and from potential misunderstanding connected with the term Christian Democracy, which is not widely known outside mainland Europe.
The decision was prompted by CDUK’s Chair joining and becoming active in a right-wing party, which Mr Petrie considered compromised the organisation’s aim of being politically inclusive and could discredit him in relations with parties of the left, including the current government.
It’s one thing to have members from across the political spectrum, but leaders who set the overall tone of an organisation need to be aware of the effect their own affiliation would have on public perception. Most people would have difficulty believing an organisation led by a person with a strong ideology were not a vehicle for that ideology,” he said.