PRO-EU minister Alan Duncan has quit today in protest at Boris Johnson becoming PM this week - and five more could follow.  The Europe minister - who has long been critical of Boris - is just one of several who is set to go down with Theresa May's ship this week and walk out before the new PM can sack them.  Five more are set to follow in the coming days as polls shows that the Tory Brexiteer is on track to win the leadership race when the results are announced tomorrow.  Sir Alan has made it clear that he can't serve under Boris - and he's long been a foe of his approach.  Even if he had clung on in power in the Foreign Office he was likely to have been sacked by Boris anyway later this week.  In his resignation letter this morning he paid tribute to long-time ally Theresa May, saying she "deserved better" and has displayed "faultless dignity and an unstinting sense of duty".  His letters also attacked Brexit, saying Britain would have been the "dominant intellectual and political force" if it weren't for our EU exit.  Sir Alan slammed Boris just just days ago over the resignation of US ambassador Sir Kim Darroch, and claimed he'd thrown him under the bus.  And he accused the ex-Foreign Secretary of a "complete failure of leadership and decency" by not giving him his full backing.  Boris refused several times to say whether he would keep him in post, when asked about it as part of a live TV debate.  Later that week Sir Kim quit his role - allies said it was partly because of Boris' comments.  Sir Alan has long been at loggerheads with Boris, and last year said that "publicity is cocaine" and "he needs a regular fix".  He told the Spectator he was "not a team player at all" - and rubbished claims that he would be able to win the Tory members over.  Today fellow minister Greg Hands said it was "absurd" for MPs to consider resigning before Boris is even crowned.  "Such moves make a Corbyn government one step more likely," he blasted, in a thinly veiled attack on his former colleague.  And fellow MP Ben Bradley posted a scathing tweet too, saying: "Oh no. I'm devastated. Cried a river."  And pro-EU group Best for Britain's CEO Naomi Smith said: "Sir Alan's resignation shows what a disaster we're heading for under Boris Johnson.  "He will be joined by other key Government figures, all of whom believe there's nothing patriotic about serving under a Prime Minister willing to wreck the economy for Brexit." JUMP BEFORE PUSHED  Over the weekend Remainers Philip Hammond and David Gauke revealed they will also quit before the new PM can get rid of them.  Both are opposed to Boris' plans to take us out of the EU with or without a deal.  Mr Hammond said yesterday: "Assuming that Boris Johnson becomes the next Prime Minister, I understand the conditions for serving in his Cabinet will include accepting a No Deal exit on October 31, and it's not something that I could ever sign up to."  The Chancellor said he would work with other Remainer MPs to block a No D

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