Imagining shifting with my left hand doesn't seem right.

Speaking of which, I've always meant to find this out somewhere, but in the UK, do stick shifts still have the lower gears to the left, so that the stick comes towards you as you go faster or is it reversed so that you still push outwards? And I assume that the pedals are still in the same order, clutch on the left, and not reversed. (And no comments about US-centrism. I'm aware of my bias, but it's my bias and I like it. )