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Boris Johnson has been accused of living in a "parallel universe" after reeling off his plan to make Britain great again.

In his first speech to the House of Commons as Prime Minister, he outlined a shopping list of ideas and demands for Johnson's post-Brexit Britain.

He promised to make Britain "the greatest place on earth" by 2050 - and to make a "clean, green, prosperous, united, confident, ambitious" future for the country.

Responding to the speech, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said: "It's often said the Prime Minister lives in a parallel universe - that's been proven beyond any reasonable doubt this morning."

And Jeremy Corbyn said the public are "deeply worried" that the new Prime Minister has overestimated his own abilities.

The Labour leader said the country has been "held back" by nine years of austerity, adding that children and young people have been hit the hardest.

Replying to Mr Johnson's first Commons statement as PM, Mr Corbyn said: "No-one underestimates this country but the country is deeply worried that the new Prime Minister overestimates himself."

Here's a round up of the most delusional moments from Boris Johnson's first Commons speech as Prime Minister.

He'll impose a fresh road block to another Brexit delay by refusing to nominate a new EU commissioner

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The Prime Minister confirmed he will not be nominating a new UK Commissioner to the EU in time for the new session, which begins on November 1.

Johnson insisted this move "is not intended to prevent the EU from forming a new commission."

But it would put a major legal obstacle to Britain remaining in the EU beyond October 31.

He will immediately slash taxes for big business

Johnson's first pledge in his leadership campaign was to promise to slash taxes for the rich.

And now he's promised a tax giveaway for big business.

He said: "We will begin right away on working to change the tax rules to provide extra incentives to invest."

The main rate of Corporation Tax is already set to reduce to 17% by the end of the decade - and even before Philip Hammond announced that cut last year, the UK had one of the lowest rates in the developed world.

He'll back no deal if the EU won't scrap the backstop

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He's promised to return to the EU to try and renegotiate a Brexit deal that can be agreed by Parliament.

But he wants to tear up the agreement that has already been reached with the EU which commits to resolving the Northern Ireland border issue before moving on to discuss future trade deals.

He wants to scrap talk of a "backstop" and punt the entire, thorny issue of the border into the future trade arrangement.

The EU has repeatedly said that this would be unacceptable.

Johnson said: "It must be clearly understood that the way to the deal goes by way of the abolition of the backstop."

And he's put Michael Gove in charge of no deal preparations

Johnson promised to "turbocharge" preparations for a no-deal Brexit in the event that they were unable to come to an agreement with the EU.

And as predicted he's put his old Vote Leave-ally (and leadership rival) Michael Gove in charge of this project.

He's created a new problem for Northern Ireland by promising to scrap anti-GM rules

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Boris Johnson (again) promised to scrap rules on developing genetically modified crops.

He said: "Let’s start now to liberate the UK’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti genetic modification rules...and let’s develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world"

The main issue with this is that the EU does have rules against genetically modified foods.

And as such, they're likely to insist on not only a hard customs border between the UK and EU, but also probably a full-scale decontamination zone.

He's borrowed Ukip's immigration policy

Johnson confirmed he would be pursuing an "Australian-style points based" immigration system.

He's previously said he would ask the Migration Advisory Committee to look into such a system, to consider a contribution, including a firm job offer before arrival, the ability to speak English and blocking the ability to claim benefits immediately.

The policy has long been a favourite of the British right - with Nigel Farage calling for a similar plan since 2015.

He'll almost, but not quite, reverse Tory cuts to police numbers

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Johnson promised to almost, but not quite, reverse Tory cuts to police numbers.

He repeated his announcement of plans to increase numbers by 20,000.

But that's still 1,000 fewer officers than forces had nine years ago when the Tories came to power.

Police officer numbers dropped by 21,000 since the Tories took power - from 143,734 in 2010 to 122,404 in 2018.

He's previously only promised to hit that figure by 2022 - though in his speech today he said he would do it "forthwith".

And he's backed a return of stop and search - despite saying he was "concerned" about the practice as Mayor of London

Johnson promised: "We will give greater powers for the police to use stop and search to help tackle violent crime."

But in 2016, in his final year as Mayor of London, he said he was "concerned" by the use of stop and search because the public were not sure it was "being used for legitimate policing purposes."

The tactic has repeatedly been accused of encouraging racism and profiling.

A Daily Mirror investigation in 2012 found people were six times more likely to be stopped and searched if they were black.

He wrote in a report: "Stop and search is an important tactic that helps the police to keep Londoners safe, but one which has generated significant controversy.

"Public consent for the use of this intrusive tactic can only be maintained if communities have confidence that stop and search is being used for legitimate policing purposes and that each stop is conducted with civility and respect.

"The Mayor holds the Commissioner to account for MPS officers’ use of stop and search and, concerned at the high numbers of stops, called for a more targeted approach to the use of the tactic."

He also noted the number of stop and searches had reduced during his time in office - yet the arrest rate had increased.

He wrote: "The number of stop and searches had reduced from 533,427 in the year to April 2012 to 152,613 in the year to December 2015.

"The arrest rate has increased from 8.3% to 19.2%."

But it's OK, because he says he's (probably) going to Make Britain Great Again...in 31 years

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He said that the British people will look back on today and see it as the start of a "new golden age"...in 2050.

And he echoed Donald Trump in his promise to make Britain great again.

"Our mission is to deliver Brexit on October 31 for the purpose of uniting and re-energising our great United Kingdom and making this country the greatest place on earth," he said.

"And when I say the greatest place on earth, I'm conscious that some may accuse me of hyperbole, but it's useful to imagine the trajectory on which we could now be embarked.

"By 2050 it's more than possible that the United Kingdom will be the greatest and most prosperous economy in Europe at the centre of a new network of trade deals which we have pioneered."

He also promised: