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Steve Bell's ''[[If...]]'' is a daily cartoon strip which has run in the ''[[British Newspapers|Guardian]]'' since early 1982. Born as an intentionally subversive comment on [[The Falklands War]] and initially starring a mutinous sailor called Kipling and the Falklands penguin he befriends during the war, the strip has gone from strength to strength over its very nearly thirty years and shows no sign of flagging.

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. [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] herself, the "iron lady", 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, and the current{{when}} prime minister [[David Cameron]] is a giant inflated condom full of hot air.

And through it all, there are [[Everything's Better with Penguins|penguins]]...

Not to be confused with ''[[If....]]'', a 1968 film with one more period in its title.

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* [[British Frozen Rocks with Penguins and Landmines]]: The source of the penguins.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]
* [[Toothy Bird]]: The penguins have teeth.

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