...a thread of anti-semitism in most conspiracy theories, though, isn't there? Most of them tend to come back to the "One World Government" idea, and when you probe not very hard, the word "bankers" pops out, closely followed by "the IMF", closely followed by "Zionists".

I don't think Icke's an anti-semite, is he? He's just crazy. But many of his fellow travelers definitely are.

Incidentally, can't some benevolent millionaire buy Icke a shuttle trip and a Black & Decker so he can investigate the moon thing himself?

you can point to anything to conclusively say Icke's an anti-semite. Then again, he quotes things like The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which is demonstrably fake, and bangs on about 'Rothschild Zionism' (the Rothschilds are very high up in the new world order apparently).

I can't avoid the feeling that this then gives justification to some of his more batshit followers; the forums are full of holocaust denial, Jewish conspiracies and the like.

Jesus is a metaphor, but the lizards are real.