A National Party blueblood, Slater was born into a family with an “impeccable centre-right political background,” according to Auckland mayor John Banks, who has known the blogger all his life. Slater’s father, John, is a former National president, current president of Auckland’s Citizens and Ratepayers council bloc, and one of the mayor’s oldest friends and political supporters.
A genteel and morally conservative Christian, Slater senior feels his son “sometimes goes too far”, but sees it is clearly paying off for him. “For a long time he was seen as `son of John’, now I’m becoming `father of Cameron’.”
Happy Father’s Day to ALL the Deadbeat Dads… 1 Sir John Key, 2 Bill “Double Dipper” English; 3 Sir Douglas Graham; 4 John Banks; 5 David Cameron; 6 Kingsley Amis
No. 7: JOHN SLATER
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1 Sir John Key, 2 Bill “Double Dipper” English; 3 Sir Douglas Graham; 4 John Banks; 5 David Cameron; 6 Kingsley Amis