Appropriate

The BBC is ploughing its own furrow with election guidelines, issued in draft form publicly today, despite the arrival of Ofcom on Auntie's patch. And somewhere, in a BBC conference room, Ric [sic] Bailey, Chief Adviser, Politics, will soon be explaining the following concoction of pomposity and inexactitude in precise stopwatch and appearance terms, which he won't publish, to be applied (formally) from 3rd May. 

"Bearing in mind the respective shares of the vote in 2015, Labour and the Conservatives should receive broadly similar levels of coverage. The electoral strength of the Liberal Democrats, the SNP and UKIP is reflected in different ways, with variations according to nation, location of candidature, votes versus seats, etc. These parties should receive significant levels of coverage, up to and including similar amounts to the two largest parties, depending on the relevance of issues, geographical context, etc. UKwide programmes must also ensure that Plaid Cymru are given appropriate and proportionate levels of coverage in output to which the largest parties contribute and, on occasion, similar levels of coverage, if appropriate. "

"The Green Party of England and Wales has representation in the House of Commons and the European Parliament; the Scottish Green Party (separately) is represented in the Scottish Parliament. UK-wide programmes must ensure that the Greens are given proportionate levels of coverage in output to which the larger parties contribute, and, on occasion, similar levels of coverage, if appropriate."

"Appropriate" appears 32 times in the full document.