Thanks for reminding us of the well known convictions of Polly Toynbee.
Here is what Guardian's actual economists said just 7 days ago.

"UK, US and eurozone manufacturing expands strongly at year-end – as it happened
Eurozone manufacturing PMI hit record high in December and US posts strongest factory growth since 2015, while UK factory growth was ‘solid’"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/jan/02/stock-markets-set-to-extend-2017s-winning-streak-business-live