If we (🇬🇧) are one of the friends you mean, our beat-down was qualified.
We booted the Conservative (Tory) party. BIG win.
But Labour are not the left-wing party they used to be. I'm cautious (esp. being 🏳️⚧️).
And 'Reform UK' (our NSDAP) got five seats. ⚠️
Still, overall a pretty positive result.