Why would Icke want to discredit his own narratives?
Because if everything he started to say was proved to be true and was straight down the line he becomes a target to be silenced. Not only that, if he conformed to the mainstream he stands to be accused of being part of the system and establishment himself.
Its a highly intelligent approach, and actually no where near as bonkers as people might think. Its a way that encourages a mentality of 'seeing the light' in a quasi-religious manner (think tv envanglists) to those who sign up to it.
Icke is looking fragile, but he is not looking like a deliberate liar.
If he is fragile and paranoid he is a danger with new found power and a worshipful following. Not just to elites but to normal people.
Great and sudden shifts of power create power vacuums which are always a worry.
Hence why I look at what he says with an enormous amount of caution and urge others to do so too.
Don't get me wrong, I think conspiracy theorists are very much needed, but I fear them gaining too much power especially is its too quickly too.