def _Description(self):
    """ Description accessor """
    text = FeedFeederItem._old_Description(self)

    #print "Accessing description:" + str(text)

    # Remove any HTML formatting in the description
    if text:
        try:
            parsed = lxml.html.fromstring(text.decode("utf-8"))
        except ParserError:
            # Empty document and so on
            return u""

        clean = lxml.html.tostring(parsed, encoding="utf-8", method="text").decode("utf-8")
        #print "Cleaned decsription:" + clean
        return clean

    return text