Nostalgia helped ‘Bongbong’ Marcos to power in the Philippines. Will Hong Kong one day feel nostalgic for Carrie Lam’s time as chief executive?

• The election of ‘Bongbong’ Marcos in the Philippines shows how nostalgia for previously discredited regimes is being cynically exploited by modern politicians
• Around the world, the follies and horrors of the past – with all their material waste and human tragedy – seem destined to repeat themselves