Flake8 has many complaints

[adybbroe]

Code Sample, a minimal, complete, and verifiable piece of code

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Problem description

The repo has a lot of flak8 issues, would be nice if we dealt with them soon in a separate PR perhaps?

Expected Output

Actual Result, Traceback if applicable

Versions of Python, package at hand and relevant dependencies

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