when paul ehrlich's book was brought out, we already knew that birth rates were slowing down.nt of view of falling birth rates, the crisis here is that we don't have a solution. no country in history has been known to ever get out of this situation before. the crisis for us, is not worrying about what level we should end up with in terms of population, it's how we stop birth—rate decline. stephen shaw, it's been fascinating. thank you forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. hello. the weather over the bank holiday weekend was quite changeable for many of us, and more of the same in the days ahead. tuesday for many will be a rather cloudy day, rain at times, a bit of sunshine, i think, later on in the afternoon. now, the weather front that's approaching us is already visible on the satellite picture. it's not particularly big, it's not going to be particularly wet, but i think enough of the low pressure to give us a fairly dreary day, at least for a time. now, through the night, cloud and rain will approach western parts of the uk, but towards the east, it's generally clear. so,