Nadia Sawalha urged Liz Truss to donate her lifetime salary to foodbanks as the Loose Women panel reacted to the PM’s resignation – with Judi Love offering to contact King Charles and urge him to call a general election

Judi Love is calling on King Charles to ‘save the nation’ and call a general election.

The Loose Women panel reacted to yesterday’s dramatic day of British politics on today’s show, with Judi, Charlene White, Frankie Bridge and Nadiya Sawalha all offering their thoughts on Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘ recent resignation outside 10 Downing Street.

Former EastEnders actress Nadia kicked off today’s discussion about the government, admitting the country is ‘still in a state of shock’ following the latest Tory saga and slammed Truss for not offering ‘a hint’ of an apology as she addressed the nation and stepped down from her position after just 44 days in the role.

“The place is in a mess and she comes out looking a little bit annoyed that she couldn’t deliver a mandate,” the star fumed, going on to add: “There’s something a little bit dark going on – all the people she worked with for ten years didn’t spot that she didn’t have the intelligence for the job.”

Nadia Sawalha was fuming at the start of the show ( 
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Nadia went on to express her horror at Boris Johnson’s potential return to 10 Downing Street – branding his rumoured comeback as ‘laughable’ – before seemingly calling for a general election, saying: “Here we go again, someone is once again going to be anointed by these people who have messaged up the country for 12 years.”

The Saturdays singer Frankie then mused just why the country can’t take to the polls once again to decide who will be the next prime minister, before Judi’s friendship with King Charles was brought up.

Johnson and the King in June this year ( 
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As the official Head of State, the monarch can technically call a general election by dissolving Parliament ready for an election, but in modern times the King would not do this without the request of the Prime Minister.

The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 allows a Prime Minister to request a dissolution from the Sovereign which, if granted, would allow a Prime Minister to call a general election at a time. So, technically, King Charles could block a general election, but not call one.

Judi is willing to use her connections for the good of the country ( 
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As the Loose Women panel pointed Judi has previously met the King at a charity function and jokingly implied she could use her connections to urge the Head of State to call a general election, Judi joked: “I will slide into King Charles’ DM to ask him to come save the nation.”

Elsewhere on the show, Nadiya urged Truss to turn down the hefty £115,000-a-year fund she can claim for the rest of her life as a former prime minister – after just 44 days doing the job.

Truss won’t be out of pocket following her resignation ( 
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AFP via Getty Images)The 47-year-old is eligible for the annual allowance until she dies, even though she was the shortest-serving PM in history.

Separately she will also trouser an £18,860 payout for leaving office – double the £9,094 she was actually paid while on the job.

Nadiya expressed her desire to see Truss turn down the payments or at the very least, donate the money to a foodbank in her constituency.

*Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV and ITVHub