MICHAEL Roth, Germany’s Europe minister, was to some degree stating the obvious this week when, highlighting major unresolved impediments to a Brexit deal including the Irish border situation, he declared: “The clock is ticking.” . http://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/16233357.Ian_McConnell__Is_UK_Government_ever_going_to_wake_up_to_that_ticking_Brexit_clock_/