Britain’s Equality Act should be amended as it has been interpreted in ways that “incentivize ideological uniformity” rather than true diversity, a conservative think tank has argued. The Equality Act, which was enacted under a Labour government and came into effect in 2010, was intended to protect individuals from discrimination and promote a fairer and more equal society. But in its latest paper published on Monday, the London-based Policy Exchange think tank said the result of the duties under the act has been, in some cases, “not to produce true diversity and equality of treatment but rather to incentivise ideological uniformity.” Over the past decade, British universities and student unions have used equality legislation to exclude debate on controversial issues, or “deplatform” speakers with certain views, by citing the need to protect others from being offended or feeling alienated. In 2017, students at Oxford University’s Balliol College went so far …