FOR 120 seconds yesterday, the bleep and gabble of a million mobile phones was turned off.
In Parliament, York MP Hugh Bayley stood in quiet contem-plation in an eerily hushed Commons chamber. At St Andrews the golfers stopped swishing and swearing. Coney Street's bustle was stilled.
Last week, a few fanatics tried to bring our world to a halt. They failed.
Yesterday Britain paused for thought. The two minutes' silence spoke eloquently of our compassion for the victims, our defiance of terrorism, and our determination to carry on with the rush and noise of ordinary life.
Updated: 10:22 Friday, July 15, 2005
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