History ComicStrip / If

* InTheLocalTongue: A story arc where UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher and husband Denis went on a controversial holiday in [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra South Africa]], Denis is playing golf. His black caddie, seemingly respectfully, tugs the forelock and calls him ''baas-fella''. When Denis has gone, a small dog squats and strains at the edge of the golf course. The caddie shoos the dog away, saying ''don't you do none of that baas-fella on this grass, dog!''

Left-wing in concept and intention, the ''If'' strip has consistently and regularly provided cheer to those despairing that Thatcherism would ever end, and has provided satirical ammunition against every British prime minister ever since. Thatcher herself, the "IronLady", became a soul-less robot with very obvious riveting. Her successor John Major became a barely functioning wimp wearing his underpants on the outside, Tony Blair is depicted as a bulging-eyed lunatic with control freakery issues, Gordon Brown is a Scrooge-like Scottish miser, David Cameron is a giant inflated shiny condom full of hot air and Theresa May is a "[[MonsterClown evil,scary clown]]", due to her rise to power coinciding with a social-media driven international "scary clown" panic in autumn 2016. Current Prime Minister Boris Johnson is an self-aggrandizing nincompoop with an arse for a face.

* ArtsyBeret: A recurring character used to Lampshade the pretentiousness and foibles of the art world is an UpToEleven French avant-garde artiste, [[note]]with a FunetikAksent that makes him call people who do not share his artistic vision ''ouanqueres!''[[/note]] who wears the classic artists' smock, and a very obviously oversized beret.

Left-wing in concept and intention, the ''If'' strip has consistently and regularly provided cheer to those despairing that Thatcherism would ever end, and has provided satirical ammunition against every British prime minister ever since. Thatcher herself, the "IronLady", became a soul-less robot with very obvious riveting. Her successor John Major became a barely functioning wimp wearing his underpants on the outside, Tony Blair is depicted as a bulging-eyed lunatic with control freakery issues, Gordon Brown is a Scrooge-like Scottish miser, David Cameron is a giant inflated shiny condom full of hot air and Theresa May is a "[[MonsterClown scary, evil clown]]", due to her rise to power coinciding with a social-media driven international "scary clown" panic in autumn 2016. Current Prime Minister Boris Johnson is an self-aggrandizing nincompoop with an arse for a face.

Left-wing in concept and intention, the ''If'' strip has consistently and regularly provided cheer to those despairing that Thatcherism would ever end, and has provided satirical ammunition against every British prime minister ever since. Thatcher herself, the "IronLady", became a soul-less robot with very obvious riveting. Her successor John Major became a barely functioning wimp wearing his underpants on the outside, Tony Blair is depicted as a bulging-eyed lunatic with control freakery issues, Gordon Brown is a Scrooge-like Scottish miser, and David Cameron is a giant inflated shiny condom full of hot air. The current Prime Minister Theresa May is drawn as a MonsterClown, due to her rise to power coinciding with a social-media driven international "scary clown" panic in autumn 2016.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: In one strip Theresa May, whos depicted in a Harelquinn outfit with oversized leopard skin shoes, is asked by a reporter how she responds to being compared to an "evil,scary clown" she concedes she might be evil and scary but vehemently denies shes a clown. She then does a bizarre impersonation of penguin swallowing a fish.