That stance is dismissed by Downing Street as undiplomatic and opportunistic but Cameron's contempt for Labour's position is clouded by personal animus.
Sweden's rivals for the seat include Italy and the Netherlands, neither of which has been so undiplomatic as to respond to an Arab League invitation with a lecture about human rights.
Turkey hit back by recalling its ambassador to the Holy See for consultations and declaring that the pope's remarks were based on "prejudice".Roman pontiffs are in a better position than most chief executives to speak undiplomatic truths.
Is it not undiplomatic of Mr Lee to roil the waters, especially if it is for domestic political purposes?Of course it is.
At a recent conference, Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, found himself in the same room as Mr Meles: "There was, perhaps, if I can say this without being undiplomatic," said Mr Blair of the Ethiopian situation, "an overreaction".
The protocol-conscious Saudis regarded that as a insult and the meeting ended abruptly amid some highly undiplomatic language.
It is an attitude in the image of his foreign minister, Jorge Castañeda, an undiplomatic university professor.
COMPARED with other explosive problems on the Korean peninsula from North Korea's suspected nuclear ambitions to the armed confrontation across the mis-named demilitarised zone with South Korea the trickle of North Koreans provoking undiplomatic scuffles as they seek refuge in foreign embassies in China may seem a minor issue.
Last month the network held a similar pan-Catholic forum in Colombia.Even as they share tasks with sister agencies, envoys from the Vatican must live with the fact that their boss like any political master reserves the right to upset the whole apple-cart with "undiplomatic" outbursts.
The move has caused a storm in Kenya and a lot of undiplomatic language about neo-imperialism and bullying.
Second, he annoyed a lot of people overseas by trumpeting, in undiplomatic terms, his long-standing opposition to the Kyoto Protocol.
