“Life’s more complicated than that.
“The truth always lies a bit more in between and that’s the same with this as it is with everything in life.”
Mr Burnham has also urged MPs to exercise more restraint in adding fuel to that fire.
“I can’t defend the way he (Lee Anderson) done this.
“I think people on both sides have used this situation for political purposes and that isn’t right.
He added that social media has worsened the situation and contributed to divided narratives.
“I think we are living in a world where people are polarised on things and they want to pick a side when anything like this happens.
“They want to rush to a judgement, or often they want to see a conspiracy in everything.
“Social media, I think is actually poisoning public and political debate to be honest with you, it’s taking us backwards at times, not forwards.
“Life is always more complicated than social media experts would like us to believe.”
