OPINION - Kamala Harris is cursed with clunky phrases, but she can take on Donald Trump with vigour

Kamala Harris’s appearance in Delaware last night was a coronation with undertones of a first-night audition. Harris could afford to look reassured — a nifty political operation to “clear the field” of competitors had succeeded. This suggested that the Joe Biden drop-out was not wholly a surprise to his Veep. Donors who were withholding favour as President Biden’s campaign foundered turned on the taps with an extraordinary $81 million raised in a day.