I am reading Today's news in English.

Tony Blair is preparing to try to persuade sceptical Labour backbenchers to back plans for a shake-up of the education system in a major speech.
The prime minister will say reforms will give schools greater freedoms and working class children will benefit.

Opponents fear the plans would allow schools to return to selecting pupils based on academic ability.

Winning the battle over school reform is absolutely critical for Mr Blair, the BBC's Norman Smith says. (BBC News)

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try to persuade（～に～するよう説得する）
sceptical=skeptical（懐疑的な、懐疑学派の）
shake-up（大改革、改造）

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Idioms
Add fuel to the fire
: to make a bad situation worse ; to do dor say something that causes more trouble, makes someone angrier

I was already angry with you, and when you forgot to pick me up, that really added fuel to the fire.