David Icke...is he f*cking insane?

And the interest is, indeed, phenomenal. This autumn, Icke has spoken in 10 cities, across three continents. In New York, he was given a standing ovation by a sell-out, 2,100-strong crowd. Next week, in Amsterdam, he will talk to 1,750 people, while in Melbourne alone ticket sales racked up £83,000.

Through his website, you can download his £1.99 iPhone app, or buy DVDs of his performances for £29.99. T-shirts showing the cover of his latest book, Human Race Get Off Your Knees, sell for £15.

But T-shirts and ticket sales are small fry compared to the revenues generated by books. Since 1998, publishing industry analyst Nielsen calculates that Icke has sold 140,000 copies, worth over £2 million. They have been translated into 11 languages, and he sells ?tens of thousands? in Germany, Romania and Sweden.

Wanderer78 wrote: »

There's a degree of truth to the world domination thing, it's fairly evident when you look into financial and economic matters.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

David Icke was the first person for me who came forward with the whole New World Order consipriacy that the entire system - governments, money, media -
was under control from one small group of people. Seemed crazy at the time (I was a teenager) but in retrospect he seems to haave been spot on.

Now, if he hadn't gone one stoep too far and gone on about Lizards, he might just have sounded sensible.