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It's just more politics.
Johnson needed to call that vote so that he could show that they weren't running scared of a VoNC, and then use the resulting win to have a go at Labour for trying to waste time calling their vote.
The "but you called it" was all part of the continued distraction tactics by the Tories. By being seen as mildly incompetent on things like this it helps deflect from the fact that they're massively incompetent on things that really matter.
Labour were being childish with the wording of their vote, which was non-standard and specifically aimed at sticking the knife into Johnson, and/or creating a list of people who were two-faced to publicly criticise Johnson but then back him in that specifically worded VoNC.
It would have been "good" for Labour to get a VoNC with that original wording in, but it was a very long shot and the Tories called their bluff and used that to make further political capital.
This and the braying at PMQs (and lack of actual on-topic answers to any of the questions) just goes to show how pointless and defunct the vast majority of Parliamentary process is given it's all just held together by conventions and honour, and there's absolutely no requirement to follow any specific rules and no recourse if you don't.