Ironically but not unreasonably, since if silence were an indicator that you wished never to speak, people who wanted to talk would never reach that point. (In

Ironically but not unreasonably, since if silence were an indicator that you wished never to speak, people who wanted to talk would never reach that point. (In the UK there is no such thing as the right to remain silent, unless you are in a situation in which you are denied access to legal advice (rare). In all other situations your solicitor will instruct you to say 'no comment' to any question the police asks you. Funny how it differs.)