It is warm and palpably feelgood, yet thoughtful and provoking.
Quentin Letts in the Mail heard an echo of Neil Kinnock's 1992 Sheffield rally trumphalism in Miliband's "palpably confident" address: "Miliband radiated right-to-rule.
The Sheffield of 1997 was palpably no longer a city on the move; the jobs market had gone into reverse, and much of the city's economy was stalled.
What is palpably different, however, is the increased complexity of leadership.
What of the others involved: George Entwistle, the palpably decent new director general; Helen Boaden, head of news; Steve Mitchell, deputy head of news; David Jordan, head of editorial policy, and so on?
We were clearly supposed to know who these people were, but none of them meant a thing to me, and to ask him for a short glossary would expose me as someone who palpably wasn't in the in-crowd.
There is a lesson there for her heir, the Prince of Wales, Mr Marr suggests sharply.Mr Marr palpably likes the queen, whether for touring the country to greet and thank people mostly ignored by "London power brokers", or for relaxing when her work is done with "a glass of something cheerful".
His popularity ratings continue to sink, and his grip on the country is palpably weakening.
In other words, how can canvassers persuade voters that their lives will palpably improve if they vote Tory?
In December Mr Sarkozy's approval rating fell to 49%, according to TNS-Sofres, a pollster, from a high of 65% in July.All of which is palpably frustrating for the French president, who sometimes talks of economic growth as if he thinks it can be bullied into doing better.
Where the goddess is corpulent, Mr Koons's Venus is palpably pregnant.
