Population fears | Pure, cold rage | Protest arrests | Broom v leaf blower Population fears | Pure, cold rage | Protest arrests | Broom v leaf blower Surely the old will be cared for by robots while watching endless pictures of kittens ( The right is desperate for a solution to falling birthrates. Who’s going to tell them that the answer is immigration?, 31 May ). As the population falls, there will be a glut of housing, which will become affordable, and so women will be able to have more