If Luke wanted to perform a fork he has the knowhow to do something like eCash XEC and create a new experimental coin with all the features he likes. He's good much of an ideologue to do that though. He would never fork bitcoin although he has enough of a following to profit massively from it.

Hell, even the idiot Craig Wright has amassed enough of a following. Luke is also quite popular with some bitcoin nostalgics and purists lately. He's doing a good job for certain things so no wonder. The pressure he has received from core makes him look like a martyr which just ends up giving him more attention.

I think while Luke is a honest person who speaks his mind a little too openly sometimes, he's not going to do anything that harms bitcoin. It's like his life's work. He wants to see it do well. Although he was hacked and lost all his stash before the pump...