Andy Burnham has said that he cares less about what the newspapers say about him than previous prime ministers did. In one of his interviews with Daniel Hewitt for the ITV documentary being shown tonight about his first 100 days in office, Burnham was asked if he cared less about what papers like the Daily Mail and the Sun said about him than some of his predecessors did. Burnham replied: “Definitely.” He said: I left Westminster for a reason. I got fed up with commentators deciding things down there and then the whole world [being] meant to believe what they believe. Well, sorry, the world’s not like that anymore. Burnham also defended prioritising social media more instead. He said: People want more involvement, more understanding of the way politics is being done and that’s what I’m bringing. And hopefully it connects with people, particularly younger people, who may have felt quite distant from politics. In another interview for the programme, Burnham rejected the suggestion that h