“All the more reason to get Brexit done and get it done well" (Image: GETTY) During the 2016 EU membership referendum the ‘Leave’ campaign put boosting NHS funding as one of their top priorities. Mr Johnson is currently the bookies favourite to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister when she steps down. The Prime Minister has vowed to leave her post before the ‘next stage’ of the Brexit process, but has refused to outline a date. Related articles European elections WARNING: Tory MEP issues DESPERATE plea Not so fast! Labour MPs will BLOCK Brexit deal, warns Starmer Mr Johnson vowed extra funding for the NHS during a piece praising the Government’s healthcare record in The Daily Telegraph. He asserted: “It is excellent that we have £20billion going in now, thanks to this Government, the biggest ever transfusion. “Then I might mention the very substantial net dividend that will be available, every week, when we stop paying into EU budgets. “All the more reason to get Brexit done and get it done well.” READ MORE: Not so fast! Labour MPs will BLOCK Brexit deal, warns Starmer Boris Johnson was an outspoken opponent of Mrs May's Brexit deal, but did eventually vote for it (Image: GETTY ) The UK had been set to leave the EU on March 29, but this has been delayed twice until October 31 unless Parliament approves Mrs May’s withdrawal agreement. Britain will take part in European Parliament elections on May 23, which the Nigel Farage led Brexit party is currently favourite to win. Mrs May’s Conservatives risk coming fourth, behind both the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats. Mr Johnson also used his article to launch an incendiary attack on “the type of predatory socialism advocated by Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell”. READ MORE: D-DAY FOR MAY - PM faces FINAL SHOWDOWN with Tory Brexit rebels Related articles D-DAY FOR MAY: PM faces FINAL SHOWDOWN with Tory Brexit rebels Getting nervous, Guy? Verhofstadt LETS FLY at Farage over Brexit Party Brexit Party supporters rally ahead of the European election (Image: GETTY ) He asserted: “The Momentum driven Labour Party would bankrupt the economy. “Bolivarian revolutionary socialism has not worked in Venezuela. “There is no point trying it here. “It is One Nation Conservatism that understands the symmetry between strong and successful state provision, and a free market economy.” Mr Johnson served as Foreign Secretary until July 2018, when he resigned in protest at the Prime Minister’s Brexit plans.All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility