You might not have caught up with this, Senator Brandis, but your former leader Mr Howard—I know you were not much of a fan of him—at the National Press Club only minutes ago had this to say about Mr Hockey, the man who would have been Treasurer had Mr Abbott won:

I don’t think he’s in that league. No, of course not.

He is talking about a comparison between Mr Costello and Mr Hockey, and what he says about Mr Hockey is:

I don’t think he’s in that league. No, of course not.