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Day: November 27, 2025
In today’s newsletter: As pressure mounts to tackle the backlog of almost 80,000 cases, the government is considering sweeping reforms that senior lawyers warn may reshape justice in England and Wales
Good morning. Yesterday, Rachel Reeves finally delivered her long-trailed budget aimed at plugging a £20bn financial hole in government finances. The single biggest tax raising measure was a three-year freeze on income tax and national insurance thresholds, slightly longer than expected, to draw more people into a higher tax band. Head here for a full breakdown, here to figure out how you will be impacted, and make sure you read our expert panel’s take on if Reeves’s measures all add up.
But amid the budget buzz, today’s newsletter is about another massive issue facing our cash-strapped government. It’s been a cornerstone of British democracy since the 13th century and is even included in the Magna Carta, and yet, this government could soon come close to scrapping the right to trial by jury.
Budget | Rachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest households with a £26bn tax-raising budget to fund scrapping the two-child benefit policy and cutting energy bills.
UK politics | Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to his school contemporaries who claim the Reform leader racially abused them while at Dulwich College.
Hong Kong | The death toll from a huge fire that engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 44, with 45 in critical condition and hundreds reported missing.
Ukraine | The European Commission president has warned against “the unilateral carving up of a sovereign European nation” as Europe scrambles to assert influence over the US’s attempt to end the war in Ukraine.
UK news | On what was due to be the first day of a four-week trial, Paul Doyle unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty, after being charged with injuring 29 people at a Liverpool FC celebration parade in May.
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- Marc Andreessen says the right prompts can turn AI into the “world’s best coach.”
- People should start treating AI like a “thought partner,” the venture capitalist said.
- He shares some prompts that can push AI to analyze, improve, and rethink your work.
Marc Andreessen has some tips for getting the most out of AI.
The venture capitalist said on an episode of the “a16z Podcast” published Tuesday that AI tools can act as the “world’s best coach, mentor, therapist, advisor, board member” for anyone who asks the right kind of questions.
AI is probably “the most democratic” technology of all time, said the cofounder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. “The very best AI in the world is fully available on the apps that anybody can download.”
Andreessen said the real power of AI is unlocked when the user starts treating it like a “thought partner.” “Part of the art of AI, right, is what questions to ask it,” he said.
He laid out several examples using a small business. A bakery owner, for instance, could feed AI anything from staffing schedules to customer emails to ad copy, and let the model critique all of it.
Andreessen also said product development works the same way: Give AI your recipe and ask how to improve it.
“What’s the best cinnamon roll recipe in the world? Work backward from that,” he said.
“You could also say, ‘Look, I want to make the best one in the world, but I need to do it at 1/10 of the price,'” he said. “What are the ways to cost-optimize?”
Andreessen said that meta prompts can help users determine the best questions to ask AI. They surface blind spots and reshape one’s approach.
“What questions should I be asking?” he said users should query the bot. “Teach me how to use you in the best way.”
Knowing how to prompt is key
Other tech leaders have echoed Andreessen’s point that knowing how to prompt AI is critical to unlocking its full value.
Google Brain founder Andrew Ng said at the Masters of Scale Summit 2025 in October that having an “extended conversation” with a model produces a better response.
“AI is very smart, but getting context in is difficult,” Ng said, adding that he uses AI in voice mode to brainstorm work ideas while driving.
EY’s Americas chief technology officer, Matt Barrington, said in an interview with Business Insider earlier this year that managing context in AI is crucial.
“I keep separate AI ‘workspaces’ for different focus areas — such as technical Q&A or drafting client communications,” he said in the report published in February.
“I also give the AI clear instructions about the style and depth of response I want, like ‘Provide a concise, bullet-point summary,’ or ‘Act as a finance expert,’ or ‘Cite credible sources or references and provide links,'” he added.
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