Following a scathing article in the Harefield Scandal about Hermes of Harefield, villagers are to clap in support of our heroic delivery drivers.

Tempers frayed in the village after a satirical article was posted in the Scandal suggesting that the couriers were responsible for the late delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine to the doctors. The popular Facebook page Harefield Up Your Arse was inundated with posts in support of the beleaguered Hermes heroes. Mandy Lifeboats from round Ash Grove posted “How very dare that bloke who does the Scandal have a pop at Hermes? They are the fabric that holds this village together! I’d like to see him out delivering until midnight, I’d throw a cat at him!”

Whilst driver ‘Merry’ Jerry Berry posted “ It’s easy for him to criticise from his castle on the upmarket Dovedale Estate. We’re out here on the frontline we are. I’d like to see him delivering until midnight. I’d throw a parcel at him!”

Villagers will be clapping on their doorsteps every Thursday evening at five to midnight in defiance of the Scandal’s scandalous load of, er, scandal.

The satirical author responsible for the pile of crap known as the Scandal was quoted as saying “Five fucking years I’ve been doing this. Five fucking years! Over one hundred thousand views in ninety six different countries worldwide and this is the first time someone has took offence. Fuck ‘em, I’m not doing any more!”

In loving memory of Bob the Butcher and Len the Librarian, two of Harefield’s finest alliterations.