What all of these white male politicians have in common (beyond their gender, being sceptical of climate change and holding archaic views on abortion ) is that they have been recently elected, riding a wave of alt-right , anti-establishment conservatism in their respective countries which is rooted in anti-feminism, xenophobia and protectionism. They, like the votes in their favour, are reactionary – despite being in power they exist in opposition, stand for traditional values and, each in their own way, represent a return to the past. They are figureheads of a backlash against more liberal, open thinking which is at once incredibly local and increasingly global