We (the UK) manufacture less and less, but most sources would still put us around 7th, 8th, or 9th largest manufacturer in the world (eg random results [1] and [2]). Wikipedia has the UK as the 5th largest exporter here [3].

I don't accept the accuracy of these sites (on such a scale the numbers probably aren't exactly right) but it should be in the ballpark.

In brief, we do manufacture a lot of things (though often despite and not because of government policies).

[1] https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-countries-with-the-hi... [2] https://themanufacturer-cdn-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom