Possible Clues:

• 'Fahrenheit 451,' e.g.
• St Andrew's cross sparing Liberal ridicule
• Lampoon specialty
• Jonathan Swift specialty
• Much political humor
• Irony or sarcasm in speech or writing
• 'The Praise of Folly,' e.g.
• One would scorn to get at this with Your Majesty around
• Biting humour exposing vice, folly etc.
• Molière's 'The Miser,' e.g.