I thought the UK was a country where manufacturing had failed

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Looking at economic indicators,
they make their money globally through finance and services, right?
As for manufacturing... even if there are some sectors, I understand that overall, it has failed for a country that was once industrialized.
In that case, for the working class in the UK,
there must be more jobs in services than in manufacturing... Is that why their actual standard of living is so poor?
France, on the other hand, still has relatively solid manufacturing in heavy industry, nuclear technology, and so on...