gave a blistering speech. but the prime minister insists he know what is he's doing. our bianca nobilo reports. >> reporter: former prime minister john major has joined the legal action against the current prime minister boris johnson. there are now three cases against johnson's decision to prolong or suspend part from sitting throughout the summer months and the late fall. this would mean that there are only nine weeks until brexit, and parliament would not be sitting for five of those. if the legal action is successful, it would block jhnson from suspended parliament. but boris johnson maintains that this is an important part of his strategy to refresh his domestic agenda. he's also defiant on his approach to continuing negotiations with the eu. >> i think our european friends have understood one or two big points in the last couple of weeks. i think they get that the uk's really going for a deal. they understand that.