It would be misleading to suggest that there is widespread unhappiness in Liverpool with Ed Miliband's leadership - or that conference delegates wish David was their leader instead.
The argument, put forward by energy secretary Ed Davey among others, went on to suggest the subsidy loading would increase by a factor of as much as ten.
Even as the firm is reportedly scanning internal emails (which skeptics suggest is a fairly cosmetic process), Goldman shares have regained lost ground since the op-ed was published on March 14 while clients are publicly supportive.