So begins National's belittling of Andrew Little. He has been in charge of the Labour Party for all of nine days. But National is fast awakening to the realisation that Little's leadership is already making for a very different ball-game than the one which has had National holding the advantage for most of the past six years.
The odds were thought to be on Little struggling as leader in the parliamentary bear-pit - an arena in which John Key has seen off no fewer than four Labour leaders.
Two fiery speeches by Little in the past two days have revealed the demeanour that he intends adopting in Parliament - essentially in-your-opponent's-face, bare-knuckle verbal pugilism.
It is strident stuff. But it is working for him. And it is delighting his colleagues. Having been slumped for weeks in a morale-crushing, post-election malaise, Labour MPs suddenly find themselves in seventh heaven.
They cheered wildly when Little deviated from standard parliamentary lingo during minister's question time yesterday and demanded John Key "cut the crap" and start providing proper and meaningful answers to questions about the "dirty tricks" campaign that was run out of the Prime Minister's office before the 2011 election.
