In the wake of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential race yesterday, the Democratic nobility were quick to get in line behind Kamala Harris. Biden himself set the tone. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” he wrote. “Democrats – it’s time to come together and beat [Donald] Trump. Let’s do this.”

Any suggestion that the party might entertain an open selection process was swiftly quashed, as most of Harris’s possible rivals, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, followed his lead.

The Telegraph London