Sir Keir Starmer once again showed that he is up for the fight against Boris Johnson today - with one particularly well delivered line standing out.
The new Labour leader has been gathering plaudits from right across the political spectrum for his careful, considered and hugely effective style of scrutiny in his initial appearances at Prime Minister's Questions.
After making light work of Dominic Raab at first, the last two weeks has seen the former Director of Public Prosecutions using his legal experience to flummox the returning Boris Johnson on issues like coronavirus testing, social care protection and the easing of the lockdown.
Even Conservative-leaning commentators have been forced to admit that the Labour leader has bested his rival over the dispatch box in their early exchanges.
In today's session, it was clear that Boris Johnson had adopted a new approach.
He was more combative, more personal in his attacks - and had clearly urged his Tory backbenchers to ramp up the jeering and heckeling that has mercifully been missing in the House of Commons during the lockdown period.
Yes it was a more energetic performance from the previously subdued PM - but it didn't appear to throw Sir Keir off his game.
He continued to press for answers on crucial questions, such as why care homes weren't better protected from the beginning of this crisis and why the country's testing regime has been so slow to get off the ground.
When Johnson faces criticism, he tries to change the narrative and act as a cheerleader for his government and his leadership.
And today he tried to cast the Labour leader as an unhelpful force, pushing against the national effort to fight coronavirus.
But the Labour leader hit back with his most effective line, simply outlining the scale of tragedy that has occurred in the country on the Conservative government's watch.
After another tough question from his opposite number, Mr Johnson said: "I hope therefore he will abandon his slightly negative tone."
The new Labour leader then approached the bench and calmly responded with: "34,000 deaths is negative. Of course I'm going to ask about that and quite right too."
Because whichever way the government attempts to dress this up, the death count in this country is truly alarming - and in reality is much higher than those official government numbers quoted in Parliament today.
Sir Keir once again cut through the bluster from the opposing side to bring home the reality of the grim situation - and the government failures that have helped bring us here.
Further questioning on plans for a test, track and trace system forced the Prime Minister to declare that such a system will be fully operational before he intends for schools to return in just 11 days.
This could prove another costly moment for the government if that ambitious promise is not kept.
Today was a real test for the new Labour leader, with a re-energised Prime Minister coming out swinging, backed by some pretty vociferous support of those Tory MPs who were allowed in.
But he passed again by sticking to his guns - a calm and calculated style and an evidence-based approach.
This method has proved most effective in the strangely quiet world of lockdown Parliament, but the real test may come when the PM is able to call in more of his vocal cheerleaders to the green benches in the coming weeks.
