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85. You are still projecting an American useage to foreigners.

Democratic is an adjective so when they are referring to a Democratically named party as the Democrat Party they are using the noun form of the word. When it is appropriate to use the full official name they will do so but when they use it in context it will be used commonly, as a regular noun.

For example

John Doe, a Democrat spokesman, denied the rumor.

would be the preferred usage because Democratic as an adjective would be used to describe the spokesman's ideological intent while Democrat as a noun would refer to the party.

As this article explains, the controversy is a completely American phenomena and does not exist outside the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)

But please continue to lecture a British newspaper on correct use of English terms.

Having spent time there I can tell you how ludicrous they find the experience, it lightens up their whole day.

If you really want to make an Englishman laugh then correct their grammar with an Americanism while you cut your meat and then switch your fork so you can eat it with the right hand. The result will be gales of laughter.

Now if you want to consider to argue that your position is not only correct in the US but is the mandated correct usage world wide then please find some reference outside of the US that backs up your provincial view.