I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to dig into this, and I’ve still yet to find any actual evidence of it either. Further the “This is the reason it faces left” is out the window when you just look at the 87-95 logo, which also faced left with no “E” in the logo.

People keep saying this (admittedly it’s a pretty reasonable explanation) - Except not only have I not been able to find the designer ever claiming this, but also the previous logo faced left.